Research Methods in Communication Disorders

by Pring, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781861560971
• ISBN10: 1861560974
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-24
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Many communication disorders are poorly understood and many treatments used in therapy remain unproven. Speech and Language therapists are increasingly involved in research in these areas but may lack the training and experience required to conduct it. Not the least of their problems is that few textbooks discuss the specific problems of research design in communication disorders. Research Methods in Speech and Language Therapy fills this gap. It will serve as an introductory text for students who are training to be therapists and as an introduction to more advanced methods for clinicians involved in research. Different approaches to research are described and the basic principles of research design and statistical analysis described. The book uses a wide range of published research to illustrate how research may be conducted in these areas and gives particular attention to the problems of researching the effectiveness of therapy.

Author Biography

Tim Pring, City University, London, UK.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(9)
Designing experiments	10	(20)
Describing data	30	(12)
The normal distribution and standardized tests	42	(10)
Some statistical tests	52	(18)
Analysis of variance I	70	(18)
Analysis of variance II	88	(14)
Into the storm	102	(23)
Analysing categorical data	125	(15)
Correlation and regression	140	(25)
Measurement	165	(16)
Asking questions	181	(19)
Observational research	200	(12)
Efficacy: are we going about it in the right way?	212	(20)
Single cases and specific therapies	232	(26)
Answers to exercises	258	(34)
Appendices	292	(13)
References	305	(18)
Index	323