Research for Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

Chapter 1: The Nature and Scope of Research (Dr Euclid Seeram)

- What is Research?

- Medical Radiation Sciences Research: AN Overview

- The Importance of Research

- Steps in Conducting Research

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The Research Process Cycle

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Identifying a Research Problem

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Literature Review

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Purpose of Research

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Data Collection

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Data Analysis and Interpretation

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Reporting and Evaluating Research

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Use of Statistics

- Research Ethics

- The Research Proposal

- Examples of Research in Medical Radiation Sciences

- References

Chapter 2: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Research-An Overview of Approaches (Dr Euclid Seeram)

- What is Quantitative Research?

- What is Qualitative Research?

- Characteristics of Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

- Research Designs-Overview

- Selection of the Research Approach

- Two Examples of Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Chapter 3: Planning Your Research (Dr Rob Davidson) - Formulating a Research Question

- Justifying a research question

- Formulating a Hypothesis

- Research Ethics

- The Research Proposal

Chapter 4: The Literature Review (Dr Rob Davidson) - What is a literature review compared to an annotated bibliography?

- Searching the literature

- Critical Reading and Analysis

- Writing the Review

- Acknowledgement of Sources

Chapter 5: Quantitative Research Methods (Dr Andrew England-Contributor)

- Quantitative Research Methods

o Descriptive Research

o Correlational Research

o Quasi-Experimental Research

o Experimental Research

Chapter 6: Qualitative Research Methods (Dr Chandra Makanjee-Contributor)

o Phenomenological Research

o Grounded Theory Research

o Ethnographic Research

o Explanatory - Descriptive Qualitative Research

o Historical Research

Chapter 7: Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation (Dr Mark McEntee-Contributor)

- Data Collection

- Descriptive Statistics

o Presentation of Data

o Measure of central tendency

o Standard deviation

o Variance

o Correlation

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