Advanced nursing research :

Tappen, Ruth M.

Advanced nursing research : from theory to practice / Ruth M. Tappen. - Sudbury, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2011. - xvi, 504 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifying a research topic -- Reviewing the literature -- Theory -- Quantitative or qualitative research? -- Experimental research designs -- Descriptive research designs, mixed methods, and meta-analysis -- Epidemiology and longitudinal designs -- Sampling -- Reliability -- Validity -- Trustworthiness of qualitative research -- Research ethics -- Participant recruitment -- Data collection : testing and observation -- Data collection : interviewing -- Internet, secondary analysis, and historical research -- Intervention -- Quantitative data management -- Basic quantitative data analysis -- Inferential analysis -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Presenting your research findings -- Publishing your research results -- Preparing research proposals -- Evidence-based practice -- Developing a program of research.

9780763765682 (casebound) 0763765686 (casebound)

2010017053

101529172 DNLM


Nursing--Research--Methodology.
Nursing Research--methods.
Research Design.

RT81.5 / .T37 2011

610.73072

2010 K-992 WY 20.5 / T175a 2011