Intro -- PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE TO USING RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE -- Contents -- Preface -- ORGANIZATION -- SPECIAL FEATURES -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: OVERVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE -- EMERGENCE OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE -- DEFINING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE -- EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IS NOT RESTRICTED TO CLINICAL DECISIONS -- DEVELOPING AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROCESS OUTLOOK -- EASIER SAID THAN DONE -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Chapter 2: STEPS IN THE EBP PROCESS -- STEP 1: QUESTION FORMULATION -- STEP 2: EVIDENCE SEARCH -- AN INTERNET SEARCH USING GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND PSYCINFO -- STEP 3: CRITICALLY APPRAISING STUDIES AND REVIEWS -- STEP 4: SELECTING AND IMPLEMENTING THE INTERVENTION -- THE IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICE CONTEXT: A POLICY EXAMPLE -- STEP 5: MONITOR CLIENT PROGRESS -- FEASIBILITY CONSTRAINTS -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Chapter 3: RESEARCH HIERARCHIES -- MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF HIERARCHY FOR MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF EBP QUESTION -- QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE STUDIES -- TYPES OF EBP QUESTIONS -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Part II: CRITICALLY APPRAISING STUDIES FOR EBP QUESTIONS ABOUT INTERVENTION EFFECTIVENESS -- Chapter 4: CRITERIA FOR INFERRING EFFECTIVENESS -- INTERNAL VALIDITY -- MEASUREMENT ISSUES -- STATISTICAL CHANCE -- EXTERNAL VALIDITY -- SYNOPSES OF RESEARCH STUDIES -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Chapter 5: CRITICALLY APPRAISING EXPERIMENTS -- CLASSIC PRETEST-POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN -- POSTTEST-ONLY CONTROL GROUP DESIGN -- SOLOMON FOUR-GROUP DESIGN -- ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT DESIGNS -- DISMANTLING DESIGNS -- PLACEBO CONTROL GROUP DESIGNS -- EXPERIMENTAL DEMAND AND EXPERIMENTER EXPECTANCIES -- OBTRUSIVE VERSUS UNOBTRUSIVE OBSERVATION.

COMPENSATORY EQUALIZATION AND COMPENSATORY RIVALRY -- RESENTFUL DEMORALIZATION -- TREATMENT DIFFUSION -- TREATMENT FIDELITY -- PRACTITIONER EQUIVALENCE -- DIFFERENTIAL ATTRITION -- SYNOPSES OF RESEARCH STUDIES -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Chapter 6: CRITICALLY APPRAISING QUASI-EXPERIMENTS: NONEQUIVALENT COMPARISON GROUPS DESIGNS -- NONEQUIVALENT COMPARISON GROUPS DESIGNS -- ADDITIONAL LOGICAL ARRANGEMENTS TO CONTROL FOR POTENTIAL SELECTIVITY BIASES -- STATISTICAL CONTROLS FOR POTENTIAL SELECTIVITY BIASES -- PILOT STUDIES -- SYNOPSES OF RESEARCH STUDIES -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Chapter 7: CRITICALLY APPRAISING QUASI-EXPERIMENTS: TIME-SERIES DESIGNS AND SINGLE-CASE DESIGNS -- SIMPLE TIME-SERIES DESIGNS -- MULTIPLE TIME-SERIES DESIGNS -- SINGLE-CASE DESIGNS -- SYNOPSES OF RESEARCH STUDIES -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READING -- Chapter 8: CRITICALLY APPRAISING SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES -- ADVANTAGES OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES -- RISKS IN RELYING EXCLUSIVELY ON SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES -- WHERE TO START -- WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN CRITICALLY APPRAISING SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS -- WHAT DISTINGUISHES A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW FROM OTHER TYPES OF REVIEWS? -- WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN CRITICALLY APPRAISING META-ANALYSES -- SYNOPSES OF RESEARCH STUDIES -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Part III: CRITICALLY APPRAISING STUDIES FOR ALTERNATIVE EBP QUESTIONS -- Chapter 9: CRITICALLY APPRAISING NONEXPERIMENTAL QUANTITATIVE STUDIES -- SURVEYS -- CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL STUDIES -- CASE-CONTROL STUDIES -- SYNOPSES OF RESEARCH STUDIES -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Chapter 10: CRITICALLY APPRAISING QUALITATIVE STUDIES -- QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION -- QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING -- QUALITATIVE SAMPLING -- GROUNDED THEORY.

FRAMEWORKS FOR APPRAISING QUALITATIVE STUDIES -- SYNOPSES OF RESEARCH STUDIES -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Part IV: ASSESSING CLIENTS AND MONITORING THEIR PROGRESS -- Chapter 11: CRITICALLY APPRAISING AND SELECTING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS -- RELIABILITY -- VALIDITY -- SENSITIVITY -- FEASIBILITY -- SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS -- LOCATING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS -- SYNOPSES OF RESEARCH STUDIES -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Chapter 12: MONITORING CLIENT PROGRESS -- A PRACTITIONER-FRIENDLY DESIGN -- FEASIBLE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES -- SUMMARY -- LOOKING AHEAD -- KEY CHAPTER CONCEPTS -- ADDITIONAL READING -- Appendix A: CRITICAL APPRAISALS OF STUDY SYNOPSES AT THE END OF CHAPTER 4 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 1 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 2 -- Appendix B: CRITICAL APPRAISALS OF STUDY SYNOPSES AT THE END OF CHAPTER 5 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 1 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 2 -- Appendix C: CRITICAL APPRAISALS OF STUDY SYNOPSES AT THE END OF CHAPTER 6 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 1 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 2 -- Appendix D: CRITICAL APPRAISALS OF STUDY SYNOPSES AT THE END OF CHAPTER 7 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 1 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 2 -- Appendix E: CRITICAL APPRAISALS OF STUDY SYNOPSES AT THE END OF CHAPTER 8 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 1 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 2 -- Appendix F: CRITICAL APPRAISALS OF STUDY SYNOPSES AT THE END OF CHAPTER 9 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 1 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 2 -- Appendix G: CRITICAL APPRAISALS OF STUDY SYNOPSES AT THE END OF CHAPTER 10 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 1 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 2 -- Appendix H: CRITICAL APPRAISALS OF STUDY SYNOPSES AT THE END OF CHAPTER 11 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 1 -- CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SYNOPSIS 2 -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

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