Gary Kielhofner's name appears first in the previous edition.

Section 1: Research in occupational therapy: basic elements for enhancing practice. Occupational therapy as an evidence-based practice profession -- Classifications and aims of research -- Philosophical foundations of research -- Reading and understanding published and presented research -- Critically appraising and classifying published and presented research -- Managing barriers to evidence-based practice: an international imperative -- Professional responsibility and roles in research -- The role of theory in occupational therapy -- Section 2: Laying the groundwork for evidence-based practice: the steps of the research process. Steps in the research process and characteristics of sound research -- Conducting a literature review -- Generating research questions and defining specific aims and hypotheses -- Selecting the research method -- Writing the research proposal -- Ensuring ethical research -- Securing samples and performance sites -- Section 3: Qualitative approaches: first steps in communicating with language. Design considerations in qualitative research -- Collecting qualitative data -- Contemporary tools for managing and analyzing qualitative data -- Qualitative approaches to interpreting and reporting data -- Section 4: Quantitative approaches: first steps in communicating with statistics and measures. Quantitative research designs: defining variables and their relationships with one another -- Developing and evaluating quantitative data collection instruments -- Collecting quantitative data -- Entering, storing, and managing data -- Deciding on an approach to data analysis -- Meta-analysis -- Section 5: Descriptive, exploratory, and pilot-study research. Single-subject research -- Survey research -- Section 6: Additional topics for the developing investigator. Needs assessment research -- Program evaluation research -- Participatory research approaches -- Writing a literature review -- Disseminating research: presenting, writing, and publishing -- Writing a grant proposal -- Using mixed-methods designs to study therapy and its outcomes -- Creating outcomes research for evidence-based practice.