[PDF] Methods In Human Growth Research eBook

Author : Roland C. Hauspie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,77 MB
Release : 2004-06-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139451680

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In order to gain an understanding of the dynamics of human individual and average growth patterns it is essential that the right methods are selected. There are a variety of methods available to analyse individual growth patterns, to estimate variation in different growth measures in populations and to relate genetic and environmental factors to individual and average growth. This volume provides an overview of modern techniques for the assessment and collection of growth data and methods of analysis for individual and population growth data. The book contains the basic mathematical and statistical tools required to understand the concepts of the methods under discussion and worked examples of analyses, but it is neither a mathematical treatise, nor a recipe book for growth data analysis. Aimed at junior and senior researchers involved in the analysis of human growth data, this book will be an essential reference for anthropologists, auxologists and paediatricians.

Author : Yin Bun Cheung
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,98 MB
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 143987154X

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Statistical Analysis of Human Growth and Development is an accessible and practical guide to a wide range of basic and advanced statistical methods that are useful for studying human growth and development. Designed for nonstatisticians and statisticians new to the analysis of growth and development data, the book collects methods scattered throughout the literature and explains how to use them to solve common research problems. It also discusses how well a method addresses a specific scientific question and how to interpret and present the analytic results. Stata is used to implement the analyses, with Stata codes and macros for generating example data sets, a detrended Q-Q plot, and weighted maximum likelihood estimation of binary items available on the book’s CRC Press web page. After reviewing research designs and basic statistical tools, the author discusses the use of existing tools to transform raw data into analyzable variables and back-transform them to raw data. He covers regression analysis of quantitative, binary, and censored data as well as the analysis of repeated measurements and clustered data. He also describes the development of new growth references and developmental indices, the generation of key variables based on longitudinal data, and the processes to verify the validity and reliability of measurement tools. Looking at the larger picture of research practice, the book concludes with coverage of missing values, multiplicity problems, and multivariable regression. Along with two simulated data sets, numerous examples from real experimental and observational studies illustrate the concepts and methods. Although the book focuses on examples of anthropometric measurements and changes in cognitive, social-emotional, locomotor, and other abilities, the ideas are applicable to many other physical and psychosocial phenomena, such as lung function and depressive symptoms.

Author : Noel Cameron
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 13,97 MB
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 012384651X

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Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, the second edition of Human Growth and Development is a valued resource for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. With timely chapters on obesity, diet / lifestyle, and genetics, this edition is the only publication offering a biological, biomedical and biocultural approach. The second edition of Human Growth and Development includes contributions from the well-known experts in the field and is the most reputable, comprehensive resource available. New chapters discussing genomics and epigenetics, developmental origins, body proportions and health and the brain and neurological development Presented in the form of lectures to facilitate student programming Updated content highlighting the latest research on the relationship between early growth and later (adult) outcomes: the developmental origins of health and disease

Author : Paul C. Cozby
Publisher : WCB/McGraw-Hill
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 20,70 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Psychology
ISBN :

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For undergradute social science majors. A textbook on the interpretation and use of research. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Author : Douglas M. Teti
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 23,13 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0470756586

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The Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science is a collection of newly written articles that provide an overview of methods and approaches associated with the study of human development. Contains accessible contributions from some of the most renowned developmental scientists in the field. Provides basic information on the strengths and challenges inherent in traditional and complex research design. Discusses successful intervention approaches that have been used to promote intellectual, social, and linguistic development. Includes cutting-edge research that is forging new and exciting directions in developmental research. Provides students and scholars with a working understanding of research approaches and issues in the developmental sciences.

Author : James Mourilyan Tanner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 24,83 MB
Release : 1981-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521224888

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Tracing the history of studies of the physical growth of children from the time of the Ancient Greeks onwards.

Author : Elizabeth A. DiGangi
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 13,68 MB
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 0123851890

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Research Methods in Human Skeletal Biology serves as the one location readers can go to not only learn how to conduct research in general, but how research is specifically conducted within human skeletal biology. It outlines the current types of research being conducted within each sub-specialty of skeletal biology, and gives the reader the tools to set up a research project in skeletal biology. It also suggests several ideas for potential projects. Each chapter has an inclusive bibliography, which can serve as a good jumpstart for project references. Provides a step-by-step guide to conducting research in human skeletal biology Covers diverse topics (sexing, aging, stature and ancestry estimation) and new technologies (histology, medical imaging, and geometric morphometrics) Excellent accompaniment to existing forensic anthropology or osteology works

Author : Parasmani Dasgupta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2001-10-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781402000003

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This volume presents a collection of twenty-seven contributions, covering the whole of the research area in human growth and development. It is highly international in the provenance of both authors and subjects, from Kathmandu to Caracas, Oaxaca to Alice Springs. There are papers on the history of the study of human growth, on the modelling of individual growth curves, the construction of population growth reference curves, growth as a measure of population well-being, secular trend, and the much neglected subject of the relation between mental and physical development.