Content:
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Reviewers, Page vii
Foreword by Leon Chaitow, Pages ix-xi
Foreword by Sandy Fritz, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Pages xv-xvi
Preface for the Instructor, Pages xvii-xix
Acknowledgments, Pages xxi-xxii
About the Author, Page xxiii
Symbols and Notations Used in the Text: A Quick Review, Page fm1
Chapter 1 - Why Research and Why Now?, Pages 3-10
Chapter 2 - The Research Continuum: A Deductive Approach to Viewing the Research Process, Pages 13-19
Chapter 3 - An Overview of the True Experimental/Randomized Controlled Trial Research Method, Pages 21-35
Chapter 4 - A More Focused View of the True Experimental/Randomized Controlled Trial Research Method, Pages 37-61
Chapter 5 - The Difference-Oriented Research Strategy, Pages 65-87
Chapter 6 - The Association-Oriented Research Strategy, Pages 89-119
Chapter 7 - The Descriptive-Oriented Research Strategy, Pages 121-141
Chapter 8 - The Qualitative Research Category and its Contextual/Interpretive-Oriented Research Strategy, Pages 145-171
Chapter 9 - The Integrative Research Category and its Synthesis-Oriented Research Strategy, Pages 173-214
Chapter 10 - Advancing Massage Therapy Research Competencies: Recent Contexts and Projected Directions, Pages 217-231
Appendix A - Electronic Literature Searching: Sources and Strategies, Pages 233-257
Appendix B - Ethical Principles Governing Research in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences, Pages 259-269
Appendix C - Research Report Format and Stylistic Requirements, Pages 271-285
Appendix D - Measurement and Statistics as Research Tools, Pages 287-297
Glossary, Pages 299-314
Index, Pages 315-327
Tactile Card, Page bm1