oration and reviews relevant research designs, procedures, and analysis that have been previously used. The researcher then identifies the concepts and variables to be studied. A research hypotheses or questions are described next. Theoretical research (basic or pure research) usually includes testing a hypothesis; applied research usually utilizes research questions but may also include hypotheses. The research hypotheses or questions must be: conceptually clear, statements of fact susceptible to empirical investigation, specific and narrowly defined for testing, practical, suitable to available techniques and research methods, and probabilistic in nature. Common forms of hypotheses include conditional, continuous, difference, and mathematical statements.
The author states that the field of health services includes three main interactive dimensions: physical and mental health and social well-being. Health services include total societal effort regarding the promotion of health status f
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