"This fully revised fourth edition addresses designing, executing, analyzing, and communicating modern nutrition research that is essential for today's evidence-based practice."--Publisher's website.

Section 1: An introduction to discovery through research in nutrition and dietetics -- 1. Advancing the research continuum / Linda Van Horn -- 2. Building the research foundation: the research question and study design / Carol J. Boushey and Jerrfrey Harris -- Section 2: Establishing and maintaining a research environment -- 3. Conducting and resenting research ethically / Rosa K. Hand -- 4. How to write proposals and obtain funding / Dianne Neumark-Sztainer -- Section 3: Descriptive research -- 5. Descriptive epidemiologic research / Maureen Brady Moran -- 6. Qualitative research / Judith Beto -- Section 4: Observational and experimental research -- 7. Analytic nutrition epidemiology / Lyn M. Steffen -- 8. Guidelines for developing and implementing clinical nutrition studies / Alison L. Steiber; Rosa K. Hand ; and Constantina Papoutsakis -- 9. Nutrition monitoring in the United States: sources of data and their uses / Charon I. Kirkpatrick -- Section 5: Integrative and translational research -- 10. Systematic reviews: backbones of evidence-based practice / Deepa Handu; Feon Cheng; Mary Rozga -- 11. Bridging disciplinary boundaries Madeleine Sigman-Grant and Charon M. Donovan -- Section 6: Evaluation and assessment methods in research -- 12. Survey research planning and questionnaire design / Jacqueline A. Vernarelli and Bardara E. Millen -- 13. Dietary assessment methods and validation / Linda Van Horn -- 14. Food composition data and databases / Catherine M. Champagne; Pamela R. Pefrsson; David Haytowitz -- 15. Using the dietary reference intakes to assess intakes / Regan L. Bailey; Connie Weaver; and Suzanne P. Murphy -- 16. Biomarkers in nutrition research / Yasmin Mossavar-Ragmani -- 17. Research methods in appetite assessment / Hames H. Hollis -- Section 7: Key aspects of research in food, nutrition, and dietetics -- 18. Outcomes research and economic analysis / William Murphy -- 19. Research in diet and human genetics / Marilyn C. Cornelis -- 20. Behavior change theory-based dietary research / Geoffrey W. Greene; Colleen A. Redding; and Jade McNamara -- 21. Research methods for dietary supplementation research / Cynthia Thomson and JoAnn E. Manson -- 22. Research in food service management / Veronica McLymont and Lianne Russo -- 23. Dietetics education research / Mary B. Gregoir and Kevin Sauer -- Section 8: Application of statistical analysis in nutrition and dietetics research -- 24. estimating sample size / Jeffrey Harris and Carol J. Bouchey -- 25. fundamentals of statistical applications / Philip Gleason; Mary C. Naglaak; and Carol koprowski -- Section 9: Presentation of research data -- 26. Techniques and approaches for presenting research findings / Joanne Kouda -- 27. Illustrating the results of research / Shortie McKinney and Kelsey Mangano -- 28. Research publications: perspectives of the writer, reviewer, and reader / Jeffrey Harris -- Section 10: Applications of research to practice -- 29. Bridging research into practice / Judith A. Gilbride and Laura D. Byham-Gray -- 30. Community-based research with a focus on diet / Linda Snetselaar; Angela Odoms-Yound; and Maria O. Scott.