Author Biography
Robert Newell is Professor of Nursing Research Director of Postgraduate Research, University of Bradford. Philip Burnard is Emeritus Professor of Nursing, Cardiff University
Table of Contents
List of Common Research Terms | p. vii |
Contextual Materials | |
Introduction to Healthcare Research for Evidence-Based Practice | p. 3 |
The Research Process - Organising Your Research | p. 17 |
Choosing Methodological Approaches | p. 32 |
Searching the Literature | p. 40 |
Ethics of Healthcare Research | p. 49 |
Basic Concepts: Sampling, Reliability and Validity | p. 60 |
Qualitative Approaches | |
Issues in Qualitative Data Collection | p. 71 |
Case Studies | p. 90 |
Ethnography | p. 98 |
Phenomenology | p. 110 |
A Pragmatic Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis | p. 118 |
Limitations of Qualitative Research | p. 130 |
Quantitative Approaches | |
Sampling, Reliability and Validity Issues in Data Collection and Analysis | p. 143 |
Cause and Effect, Hypothesis Testing and Estimation | p. 153 |
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Approaches | p. 166 |
The Single Case Experiment | p. 179 |
Randomised Controlled Trials | p. 192 |
Non-Experimental Approaches | p. 203 |
Surveys | p. 214 |
The Role of Statistics | p. 223 |
Appraisal, Dissemination and Implementation | |
Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Effectiveness | p. 237 |
Critical Evaluation of Research Reports | p. 246 |
Writing a Research Report | p. 257 |
Getting Research into Practice | p. 270 |
Research Log | p. 279 |
List of Useful Websites (In Order of Citation) | p. 281 |
Index | p. 285 |
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