L
ECTURE
N
OTES
For
Health Science Students
Research Methodology
Getu Degu
Tegbar Yigzaw
University of Gondar
In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public
Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center,
the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry
of Education
2006
Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00.
Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter
Center, the Ethiopia Ministry
of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education.
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