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DesigningClinicalResearch, FourthEdition StephenB.Hulley,MD,MPH 978-1-60831-804-9 • July2013 • Softbound • 7” x10”pp •59Table

Designing Clinical Research has been extensively revised and continues to set the standard as a practical guide for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals involved in all forms of clinical, translational, and public health research. It presents advanced epidemiologicconcepts ina reader-friendlyway, and suggestscommon sense approaches to the challenging judgments involved in designing, funding, and implementing. Features • NEW! Approaches to sample sizeestimation, keeping it simple while coveringmoredesignoptions. • Examples and ideasonwhat’s new in clinical research. • Exercises that highlightmajor clinical research issues. • Treatmentof clinical trial designand implementation. • Expandedandupdated content inevery chapter,withnewmaterial on: non-inferiority trials for comparativeeffectiveness research incidence-density case-control studies confoundingandeffect modification; diagnostic test studies to informprediction rules; ethical aspectsofwholegenome sequencing; automateddata management approaches; newNIHgrant-writing requirements. • Color format, andElectronic access, poweredby Inkling ™ as a free companion to the text; viewable throughyour browseror as adownload to tabletor smartphone ; the complete textwith optimizednavigation; note-sharing, highlightingandbookmarking capability; cross-linkingof references and content; rapid search options linked to thenewglossary.

Research • Statistic & Theory

Table of Contents Section I: Basic Ingredients Ch. 1: Getting Started:TheAnatomy and Physiology of Clinical Research Ch. 2: Conceiving theResearchQuestion andDeveloping the Study Plan Ch. 3: Choosing the Study Subjects: Specification, Sampling, andRecruitment Ch. 4: Planning theMeasurements: Precision, Accuracy andValidity Ch. 5: GettingReady toEstimate Sample Size:Hypotheses andUnderlying Principles Ch. 6: Estimating Sample Size andPower: Applications andExamples Section II: StudyDesigns Ch. 7:DesigningCross-Sectional andCohort Studies Ch. 8:DesigningCase-Control Studies Ch. 9: EnhancingCausal Inference in Observational Studies Ch. 10:Designing aRandomizedBlinded Trial Ch. 11: AlternativeTrialDesigns and Implementation Issues Ch. 12:Designing Studies ofMedicalTests Ch. 13: ResearchUsingExistingData Section III: Implementation Ch. 14: AddressingEthical Issues Ch. 15:DesigningQuestionnaires, Interviews andOnline Surveys Ch. 16;DataManagement Ch. 17: Implementing the Study andQuality Control Ch. 18: Community and International Studies Ch. 19:Writing andFunding aResearch Proposal