With an international team of expert contributors, renowned author Gary Kielhofner has put together a comprehensive research methodologies text that bridges the gap between theorists and practitioners. Emphasis is placed on the relevance and logic of research to provide a practical, demystified approach for graduate students and clinicians to shape their practice. It covers all the key topics that should be covered in OT courses related to research and evidence-based practice, including qualitative and quantitative designs, thus sparing instructors of having to adopt two or three separate books to cover this in-depth coursework.
• Discusses the newest forms of research and discusses the philosophic basis of research.
• Covers all aspects of systematic inquiry including qualitative research and quantitative research, and summarizes how inquiry is used in evidence-based practice.
• Explores statistical analysis, including meta-analysis – research design and measurement tools that are part of quantitative research.
• Uses OT-specific examples throughout the text.
• International team of contributing authors infuses expertise in each type of research to provide a most authoritative resource as well as the diverse, multinational perspectives not found in single-author texts.
• Enhances reader comprehension and navigation of the text with highlighted quotes, feature boxes, tables, figures, and cross-referencing between chapters.