| Description |
1 online resource (410 pages) |
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Half Title page; Title page; Imprint page; Brief contents; Contents; Preface; Guide to the text; Guide to the online resources; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Research in nursing and health; Conducting, appraising and using research in practice; Collaborative research; Why research?; Overview of research paradigms; Differences between quantitative and qualitative research; Evidence-based practice; Relationship between research, practice and theory; Using a theoretical-conceptual framework; Chapter 2: Framing the research question |
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Finding research problems: sources and strategiesResearch literature; Influences on the research area: professional trends and research priorities; Criteria for selecting research problems; The research problem, purpose and question; Refining and formulating a hypothesis: identifying variables in quantitative research; Defining an area and identifying intentions in qualitative research; Chapter 3: Finding and reviewing the literature; The purpose of a literature review; Identifying relevant and credible literature; Selecting relevant literature; Conducting the literature search |
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Undertaking a literature reviewPutting it together; Chapter 4: Critical appraisal of research; Why undertake research critiques?; Implications for practice; Analysing and evaluating research using a critique framework; Critiquing a quantitative research report; Critiquing a qualitative research report; Reading and critiquing a research article -- a recap; Chapter 5: Developing the research proposal; The purpose of writing a research proposal; The process of preparing a research proposal; Ethical considerations; A model for writing a research proposal |
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Elements of a quantitative research proposalElements of a qualitative research proposal; Writing style and format of a research proposal; Funding and approval; Chapter 6: Quantitative research methodologies; What is a research design?; Major types of quantitative research designs; Validity and reliability in scientific research; Preparing for data collection and management; Chapter 7: Quantitative data analysis; Types of data and scales of measurement; Managing data and products of analysis; Descriptive and inferential statistics; Probability and hypothesis testing |
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Comparing for differences and associationsChapter 8: Qualitative research methodologies; Interpretive and critical forms of qualitative methodologies; Common forms of qualitative interpretive methodologies; Common forms of qualitative critical methodologies; Using multiple methodologies; Choosing congruent methods; Research contexts and participants; Data collection methods in qualitative research; Chapter 9: Collection, management and analysis of qualitative data; Forms of qualitative data; Data collection; Approaches to analysing qualitative data; Coding the data |
| Notes |
Methods of thematic analysis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nursing -- Research -- Australia
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Nurses -- Research -- Australia
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Nursing -- Research.
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Evidence-based nursing.
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Allied health personnel.
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Nursing Research
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Evidence-Based Nursing
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Midwifery
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Allied Health Occupations
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midwives.
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Evidence-based nursing.
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Allied health personnel.
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Nurses -- Research.
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Nursing -- Research.
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Australia |
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Australia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nicholson, Patricia
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Taylor, Beverley
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| ISBN |
9780170282758 |
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0170282759 |
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