Nursing Research : Principles and Methods

by Polit-O'Hara, Denise; Hungler, Bernadette P.

• ISBN13: 9780397548200
• ISBN10: 0397548206
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-03-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

The Sixth Edition of this classic text maintains its place as the "Gold Standard" of nursing research. Nationally and internationally known, respected and used, the text provides readers with the skills they need to design and implement a research investigation and critically evaluate published research reports. Now completely revised and updated to reflect the latest trends in quantitative and qualitative research, this essential guide offers a focused, "how-to" approach. New in this edition: expanded discussion of qualitative approaches; demonstration of qualitative and quantitative approaches working together; charts and tables offer description of qualitative approaches; stronger emphasis on the "hands-on, how-to" methodology; more in-depth examination of reasearch difference; research more powerful research utilization.

Table of Contents

The Scientific Research Process	p. 1
Introduction to Nursing Research	p. 3
Overview of the Research Process	p. 23
Research Problems, Research Questions and Hypotheses	p. 49
Contexts for Nursing Research	p. 77
The Knowledge Context: Literature Reviews	p. 79
Conceptual and Theoretical Contexts	p. 105
The Ethical Context of Nursing Research	p. 131
Designs for Nursing Research	p. 153
Selecting a Research Design	p. 155
Research Design for Quantitative Studies	p. 175
Research Control in Quantitative Research	p. 219
Qualitative Research Design and Approaches	p. 239
Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Designs	p. 257
Sampling Designs	p. 277
Measurement and Data Collection	p. 307
Designing and Implementing a Data Collection Plan	p. 309
Self-Reports	p. 331
Observational Methods	p. 363
Biophysiologic and Other Data Collection Methods	p. 385
Assessing Data Quality	p. 407
The Analysis of Research Data	p. 437
Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Statistics	p. 439
Inferential Statistics	p. 469
Multivariate Statistical Procedures	p. 507
Designing and Implementing a Quantitative Analysis Strategy	p. 545
The Analysis of Qualitative Data	p. 573
Computers and Nursing Research	p. 591
Communication in the Research Process	p. 603
Writing a Research Report	p. 605
Evaluating Research Reports	p. 623
Utilization of Nursing Research	p. 645
Writing a Research Proposal	p. 671
Glossary	p. 695
Human Subject Protocol	p. 719
App. B: Statistical Tables	p. 723
Subject Index	p. 731
Name Index	p. 751
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