Books by "Alicia Marie Smith"
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A Practical Guide to Using Qualitative Research with Randomized Controlled Trials
by Alicia O'Cathain
2018 · Oxford University Press
Researchers measure the effectiveness of new interventions using randomized controlled trials (RCTs). They are increasingly using qualitative research with these RCTs to explain the results of RCTs or facilitate the viability and efficiency of RCTs. A Practical Guide to Using Qualitative Research with Randomized Controlled Trials is a "how-to" book about the use of qualitative research with RCTs. Divided into three parts, this book covers the process of using qualitative research with RCTs from start to finish. Section one outlines overarching issues such as the many contributions qualitative research can make to generating evidence of effectiveness, section two provides practical guidance from writing a proposal through to publishing qualitative research undertaken with RCTs, and the final section guides the reader on how to engage with relevant stakeholders. Each chapter focuses on the key steps of undertaking qualitative research in RCTs, giving examples of how to write a proposal, select research questions, integrate qualitative and quantitative components, and much more. A Practical Guide to Using Qualitative Research with Randomized Controlled Trials is ideal for researchers who are leading, undertaking, or planning to use qualitative research with RCTs. With its detailed explanations and inspiring examples, this book is also useful for postgraduate students wishing to conduct qualitative research in the context of an RCT.
The aim of this book is to present a varied research within the four sub-fields of Anthropology: Archaeology, Ethnology, Linguistics and Biological Anthropology, as it was conceived by Frank Boaz. Perhaps my emphasis has been mostly in Archaeology, since I specialize in the Archaeology of Egypt and the Middle East. Nevertheless, I touch other topics as well. For instance sometimes I would connect archaeology and Egyptian art or literature and Egyptian linguistics. The total result has been a mixed of topics that relate in one way or another to Anthropology, the study of human behavior. Perhaps, if a student is looking for subjects to do term papers, or needs bibliography to start a research in a certain topic, this would be of help. I don't pretend that my research is paramount, but there are some subjects and investigations that are unique, as any truly research should be. I hope that the reader enjoys the vast amount of creativity human behavior can produce.
One mistake and fifteen-year-old Mac Laa’ikai’s family is murdered, his sister goes missing, and his blood is tainted by the werewolf’s curse. He and his werewolf cousins are in the foster care of the local werewolf tamer. He lives constantly fighting with the werewolf’s personality in his head, Ino. Unbeknownst to Mac, Ino hunts the Shadow Man who stalks Mac’s new werewolf friends. When Ino is no match for the Shadow Man, Ino persuades Mac to spread the werewolf's curse amongst their human teenage peers under the ruse of Ohana - never leaving family behind - to aid the search for Mac’s sister, Kianna. However, brutal and mysterious murders completely shatter the safety of his mind, splintering the one voice into four that clash in his mind, clouding his judgment. Mac is now a danger to his family and himself.