Clinically oriented professionals and students need to understand and evaluate the research and statistics in professional articles, especially given today's emphasis on evidence-based practice. This book demonstrates how the research approach and design help determine the appropriate statistical analysis.  Understanding and Evaluating Research in Applied and Clinical Settings features:

*short, independent, chapters that do not have to be read in order;

*a guide to understanding why a particular statistic was selected;

*an emphasis on effects sizes including measures of risk potency;

*numerous cross-disciplinary examples to illustrate the material; and

*methods to help determine practical and clinical significance and their relation to meta-analysis and evidence-based practice.

This book is intended for practitioners and students in psychology, education, counseling, mental and allied health, nursing, and medicine, and as a text for courses on understanding research methods and statistics.