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Understanding Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders: A Primer for Students and Practitioners, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (October 24, 2008) © 2009

  • William O. Haynes Auburn University
  • Carole E. Johnson
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  • An exceptionally comprehensive structure and outline covers experimental design, the nature of science, statistical methods, and evidence-based practice, taking students on an in-depth exploration of research models and practices.
  • A student-friendly style approaches statistics using a conceptual point of view that emphasizes the proper selection of quantitative methods and their interpretation as opposed to how to compute them.
  • Two expert authors represent both the field of speech-language pathology and the field of audiology.
  • Learning objectives outline the most important points of each chapter and serve to help students organize their thoughts before and after completing their reading assignments.
  • Learning activities, which appear in every chapter, allow students to apply what they have just learned and to think critically about the central concepts just covered.
  • A comprehensive glossary of research terms from all chapters appear at the back of the book so that students can quickly look up important concepts and definitions.
  • A chapter on how to seek grant support and how to design capstone projects emphasizes the practical applications of the book’s concepts and lessons.

Section I:  Introduction to Research in Communication Disorders

 

Chapter 1:  The Importance of Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders

 

·        Learning Objectives

·        Preconceived notions

·        The role of research in making a profession(al) credible

·        Three examples of professional credibility

·        Our professional literature and the information base

·        The scientific method and clinical work:  The notion of clinician-researcher

·        Common research misconceptions

·        Parallels in clinical and research skills:  Diagnosis

·        Parallels in clinical and research skills:  Treatment

·        The benefits of becoming a clinician-researcher

·        Chapter Summary

·        Learning Activities

 

Section II:  The Nature of Scientific Inquiry and Essentials of Experimental Control 

 

Chapter 2:  Scientific Principles and Methods Used by Researchers

 

·        Learning Objectives

·        Sinister stereotypes

·        Ways of knowing about the world

·        Characteristics of science

·        The Systematic Nature of Science: Scientific method

o       Experimental Control

o       The Public Nature of Science

o       Replication in Science

o       The Empirical Nature of Science

o       Probabilistic Knowledge

·        Ethical issues in research

·        Junk science, pseudoscience and quackery

·        Chapter Summary

·        Learning Activities

 

   Chapter 3:  Crafting Scientific and Answerable Questions

 

·        Learning Objectives

·        Theories, problems, hypotheses and questions

William O. Haynes has been teaching courses in speech-language pathology at the university level for over thirty years and is currently a professor at Auburn University. Having written over fifty scientific articles and textbooks, Dr. Haynes is the author of Communication Disorders in the Classroom (Jones & Bartlett, 2006), Diagnosis and Evaluation in Speech Pathology (Allyn & Bacon, 2003) and Communication Development (Williams and Wilkins, 1998). 

Carole E. Johnson is a professorat Auburn University and has been teaching courses in audiology at the university level for almost twenty years.  She has over 45 publications and has successfully written federal grants for many of her projects.  Dr. Johnson is the author of Handbook of Outcomes Measurement in Audiology (Singular-Thomson, 2002) and Guidebook for Support Programs in Aural Rehabilitation (Singular-Thompson, 1999). 

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