With an international team of expert contributors, Renee Taylor carries on Gary Kielhofner's innovative work in the 2nd edition of his comprehensive research methodologies text. This guide bridges the gap between theorists and practitioners. It focuses on the relevance and logic of research to provide a practical, demystified approach to conducting applied research in the field for graduate students and clinicians. You'll begin with an introduction to the nature and scope of research and its place in OT and then explore research designs, measurements, and statistical analysis for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed studies. You'll examine the steps and procedures required to conduct research and how research can be used to shape professional practice and improve patient care.

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

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 -- 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 -- Qualitative approaches : first steps in communicating with language. Collecting qualitative data -- Contemporary tools for managing and analyzing qualitative data -- Qualitative approaches to interpreting and reporting data -- 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 -- Descriptive, exploratory, and pilot-study research. Single-subject research -- Survey research -- 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.