| Description |
xxii, 680 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
|
regular print |
| Series |
ERA Collection 2003-2008
|
| Contents |
1. The relevance of research for practitioners -- 2. The role of theory in health research -- 3. The philosophical and theoretical context of qualitative research -- 4. Asking quantitative research questions -- 5. Obtaining ethical approval for health sciences research -- 6. Experimental, quasi-experimental and correlational quantitative research designs -- 7. Qualitative research design -- 8. Sampling in quantitative research -- 9. Sampling in qualitative research -- 10. Epidemiological research -- 11. Action research -- 12. Single case experimental design -- 13. Measurement: concepts, tools and issues -- 14. Structured questionnaires and interviews -- 15. Reporting on events using diaries -- 16. Doing qualitative in-depth interviews -- 17. Focus group interviews -- 18. Ethnography and participant observation -- 19. Discourse analysis -- 20. The logic and need for inferential statistics -- 21. Descriptive and exploratory data analysis -- 22. A brief survey of univariate group comparison procedures -- 23. Correlation and regression -- 24. Using multivariate analysis -- 25. Grounded theory analysis: coming to data with questioning minds |
| Summary |
Written in an accessible style, the text is designed for nursing and health science students who are beginning a course in research methods |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Handbook for research methods in health sciences : Addison-Wesley, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
For nursing students |
| Notes |
Donated by Marthese Sant |
| Subject |
Medicine -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
|
|
Health education -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
|
|
Health promotion -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
|
|
Medicine -- Research -- Methodology.
|
|
Health education -- Research -- Methodology.
|
|
Health promotion -- Research -- Methodology.
|
|
Research Design.
|
|
Public Health.
|
|
Health Education.
|
|
Nursing Research -- methods.
|
|
Data Collection -- methods.
|
|
Research Design.
|
|
Statistics as Topic -- methods.
|
|
Health Promotion.
|
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
|
| Author |
Minichiello, Victor.
|
| LC no. |
00002475 |
| ISBN |
1740095960 paperback |
|
