Research in Nursing and Health: Understanding and Using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, 2nd Edition (Springer Series on the Teaching of Nursing)

This book offers the reader a synopsis of research, appreciating both the science and art of inquiry. It is designed to present the basic elements of conducting and understanding nursing research using an expeditious and useful reference format. This updated new edition offers the reader a step-by-step guide to conducting research and to understanding the research studies done by others. It describes both quantitative and qualitative investigations. The book is written in outline format, for quick reference. An important feature of the new edition is an extensive listing of online databases and knowledge resources. Graduate students and nurse researchers will find this an easily accessible source of valuable information. Contents......Page 8 Contributors......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 1. Introduction to Research......Page 14 2. The Research Question......Page 18 3. A Review of the Literature: Using Online and Print Sources......Page 23 4. Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks......Page 36 5. Research Designs......Page 41 6. Sampling Methods: Basic Issues and Concepts......Page 53 7. Principles of Measurement......Page 61 8. Development of Quantitative Methods......Page 67 9. Data Analysis and Interpretation......Page 73 10. Product of the Inquiry: The Research Report......Page 82 11. Guide to Critique of Quantitative Research with Examples and Practice Studies......Page 85 12. Guide to Critique of Qualitative Research with Examples and Practice Studies......Page 116 References and Bibliography......Page 152 Appendix A: Suggested Guide for Abstracting Research Studies......Page 155 Appendix B: Guide to Critique of Philosophical Research......Page 156 Appendix C: Issues of Control and Validity: Quantitative Studies......Page 158 Appendix D: Testing Hypotheses with an Exemplar Study: Statistical Significance, Error, Directionality, and Power......Page 189 E......Page 196 Q......Page 197 Y......Page 198 "This updated new edition offers the reader a step-by-step guide to research and understanding the research done by others. It describes both quantitative and qualitative investigations. The book is written in outline format, for quick reference. An important feature of the new edition is an extensive listing of online databases and knowledge resources. Graduate students and nurse researchers will find this an easily accessible source of valuable information."--Jacket Increasingly, the research process has been conducted under enormous pressures of time, competition for funds, and other factors that have had a tremendous influence on society in general.