Description
For aspiring and seasoned researchers alike, knowing how to ask the right questions and follow the right steps makes the difference in achieving quality results. In the third edition of this highly respected publication, foremost experts in the field share their knowledge of the research process. This comprehensive volume explains how to:

• Formulate research questions and study designs
• Write proposals and fund projects
• Manage a clinical nutrition study
• Conduct observational and empirical research studies
• Write questionnaires and interview survey participants
• Use systematic literature reviews to support evidence-based practice
• Interpret data from the national Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program
• Use consumer research to create nutrition messages that work
• Present research findings
• Bridge research into practice

Invaluable to both novice and experienced researchers.

Level: Advanced
ISBN: 9780880914154
Format: Softcover, 470 pp
Pub date: 2008

Content
Contributors
Foreword
Part I. An Introduction to Discovery Through Research in Nutrition and Dietetics
Chapter 1. Steering Through the Research Continuum
Chapter 2. Building the Research Foundation: The Research Question and Study Design
Part 2. Establishing and Maintaining A Research Environment
Chapter 3. Conducting and Presenting Research Ethically
Chapter 4. How to Write Proposals and Obtain Funding
Chapter 5. Multidisciplinary Research
Part 3. Descriptive Research
Chapter 6. Descriptive Epidemiologic Research
Chapter 7. The Philosophy, Role, and Methods of Qualitative Inquiry in Research
Part 4. The Conduct of Observational and Experimental Research Studies
Chapter 8. Analytic Nutrition Epidemiology
Chapter 9. Designing, Managing, and Conducting a Clinical Nutrition Study
Chapter 10. Interpretation and Use of Data from the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Researh Program
Part 5. Integrative and Translational Research
Chapter 11. Meta-analysis in Nutrition Research
Chapter 12. Systematic Reviews to Support Evidence-Based Practice
Part 6. Evaluation and Assessment Methods in Research
Chapter 13. Survey Research Planning and Questionnaire Design
Chapter 14. Dietary Assessment and Validation
Chapter 15. Food Consumption Data and Databases
Chapter 16. Using the Dietary Reference Intakes to Assess Intakes
Chapter 17. Biomarkers in Nutrition Research
Chapter 18. Research Methods for Human Sensory System Analysis and Food Evaluation
Chapter 19. Research Methods in Appetite Assessment
Part 7. Key Aspects of Research in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics
Chapter 20. Outcomes Research and Economic Analysis
Chapter 21. Research in Diet and Human Genetics
Chapter 22. Behavioral Theory-Based Research
Chapter 23. Research Methods for Dietary Supplementation and Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Chapter 24. Research in Foodservice Management
Chapter 25. The Art and Science of Consumer Communications: Using Consumer Research to Create Nutrition and Health Messages that Work
Chapter 26. Dietetics Education Research
Part 8. Application of Statistical Analysis in Nutrition and Dietetics Research
Chapter 27. Estimating Sample Size
Chapter 28. Fundamentals of Statistical Applications
Part 9. Presentation of Research Data
Chapter 29. Techniques and Approaches for Presenting Research Findings
Chapter 30. Illustrating the Results of Research
Chapter 31. Research Publications: The Perspectives of the Writer, Reviewer, and Reader
CODA. Applications of Research to Practice
Chapter 32. Bridging Research into Practice
Index

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 3
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
1130 Verbal communication skills, presentations
1140 Written communication skills, publishing
9000 Research and Grants
9010 Data analysis, statistics
9020 Evaluation and application of research
9030 Outcomes research, cost-benefit analysis
9040 Proposal development, grant applications
9050 Publication, communications of research outcomes
9060 Research development and design
9070 Research instruments and techniques