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Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research : From Question to Proposal

by: Brink, Pamela J.; Wood, Marilynn J.

Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research : From Question to Proposal

by: Brink, Pamela J.; Wood, Marilynn J.

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9780763715717
ISBN 10:
0763715719
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/01/2001
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Pub
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Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Brandon/Hill Nursing List first-purchase selection (#236). Guide to writing a nursing research proposal, exploring the theory, rationale, and literature involved in nursing research. Includes information on critiquing the recent work of others. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover. DNLM: Nursing Research--methods--Nurses' Instruction.

Preface to the Fifth Edition

Preface

xiii

How to Write a Researchable Question

(20)

Research Topics

(3)

What Is a Researchable Question?

(1)

Asking Research Question

(3)

Examining Components of a Research Question

(11)

Levels of Questions

(8)

Rewriting Your Question

(2)

Be Interested in Your Idea

(1)

Recommended Readings

(1)

From Question to Problem

(22)

Finding the Level of Knowledge about a Topic

(6)

How to Search the Literature on Your Topic

(1)

Level of Theory and Level of Question

(3)

Developing the Research Problem from the Literature Review

(4)

Find Out What You Know

(1)

Ask Questions about the Theory

(1)

Look Up Interrelated Ideas

(1)

Outline

(1)

Convert Your Topic Outline to a Sentence Outline

(1)

Relate the Theory to the Question

(1)

Beginning with an Observation

(6)

Where do You Start Your Literature Search?

(4)

Recommended Readings

(1)

The Full and Final Research Problem

(12)

Elements of a Research Problem

(5)

Review of the Literature

(1)

The Rationale for Developing the Question

(1)

The Theoretical or Conceptual Framework

(4)

The Psychology of Argument

(1)

Strongest Argument Last

(2)

Problem 1

(1)

Problem 2

(1)

Substantiate What You Say

(1)

Recommended Readings

(2)

Critical Review of the Literature

(14)

Content of a Critique

(1)

What to Critique

(1)

How to Do a Critique

(7)

Guidelines for Critique of Published Research

(1)

Where Does the Critique Belong?

(1)

Recommended Readings

(2)

Stating the Purpose of the Study

(14)

Level I: The Purpose Written as a Declarative Statement

(2)

Level II: The Purpose Written as a Question

(3)

Level III: The Purpose Written as a Hypothesis

(4)

Examining the Components of a Hypothesis

(1)

The Significance of the Statement of Purpose

(1)

Stating the Purpose of the Study: A Summary

(2)

Recommended Readings

(1)

Defining Your Terms

(16)

Types of Variables

(1)

Defining the Independent Variable

(2)

How Variable Are Measured

(6)

Nominal Scale

(1)

Ordinal Scale

(1)

Interval (and Ratio) Scale

(4)

Terms that Need Definition

(1)

Writing Operational Definitions: A Review

(2)

Recommended Readings

(1)

The Research Design: Blueprint for Action

(32)

Designing Your Study from the Question

100

(1)

Characteristics of Research Designs

101

(4)

The Setting for the Study

101

(1)

Timing of Data Collection

102

(1)

Sample Selection

103

(1)

Type of Data to Be Collected

104

(1)

Issues of Control

104

(1)

Descriptive Designs

105

(9)

Exploratory Descriptive Designs

105

(5)

Descriptive Survey Designs

110

(4)

Experimental Designs

114

(5)

Controlling Unwanted Influences

119

(8)

Extraneous Variables

119

(5)

Bias

124

(1)

The Hawthorne Effect

125

(1)

Time

126

(1)

Level of Study and Degree of Control

127

(1)

Recommended Readings

128

(3)

Selecting the Sample

131

(18)

Types of Samples

134

(9)

Probability Samples

136

(4)

Nonprobability Samples

140

(3)

Sample Size

143

(2)

Level of Study and Sample Selection

145

(2)

Recommended Readings

147

(2)

Selecting a Method to Answer the Question

149

(24)

Observation

150

(8)

Degree of Investigator Involvement

154

(1)

Degree of Structure

155

(2)

Timing of Observations

157

(1)

Type of Observation and Level of Study

157

(1)

Questionnaires and Interviews

158

(10)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Interviews and Questionnaires

159

(1)

Types of Questions

160

(1)

Degree of Structure in Questionnaires and Interviews

161

(2)

Setting Up Your Data Collection Instrument

163

(1)

Projective Tests

164

(2)

Level of Question and Degree of Structure

166

(1)

Designing the Questionnaire or Interview Guide

167

(1)

Available Data

168

(1)

Physiological Measures

169

(1)

Recommended Readings

170

(3)

Reliability and Validity of Measurement

173

(26)

Errors in Data Collection Procedures

174

(4)

Validity

178

(6)

Self-evident Measures

178

(3)

Pragmatic Measures

181

(1)

Construct Validity

182

(2)

Reliability

184

(5)

Tests of Stability

184

(2)

Tests of Equivalence

186

(2)

Tests of Internal Consistency

188

(1)

Reliability and Validity Issues in Field Research Using Participant Observation

189

(4)

Reliability and Validity in the Research Plan

193

(1)

Self-test

194

(1)

Test Measures

194

(1)

Answers

194

(1)

Recommended Readings

195

(4)

Ethics in Nursing Research

199

(18)

Problems Involving Ethics

201

(5)

Coercion of Subjects to Participate

203

(1)

Withholding Benefits from Control Subjects

204

(1)

Invasion of Privacy

205

(1)

Informed Consent

206

(2)

Information

206

(1)

Understanding

207

(1)

Free Choice

207

(1)

Proxy Consents for Research

208

(1)

Balancing Potential Benefit against Actual Cost

208

(2)

Maintaining Anonymity and Confidentiality

210

(1)

Federal Guidelines on the Submission of Proposals for Review

211

(1)

Ethical Principles Underlying Protection of Human Subjects

212

(3)

Recommended Readings

215

(2)

Planning for Analysis of Data

217

(24)

Descriptive Analysis

218

(11)

Structured versus Unstructured Data

219

(1)

Content Analysis: Structuring Unstructured Data

220

(2)

Reliability and Validity in Content Analysis

222

(1)

Structured Data: Statistical Analysis

222

(7)

Inferential Analysis

229

(3)

Testing Hypotheses

230

(2)

Choosing a Statistical Test: What Does Your Hypothesis Ask?

232

(5)

Difference between Two Groups

233

(1)

Difference among Multiple Groups

234

(1)

Correlation between Variables

234

(2)

Estimation of Population Parameters from Sample Data

236

(1)

Be Sure You Can Answer Your Question

236

(1)

The Answer Is in the Question

237

(3)

Level I Questions

237

(1)

Level II Questions

238

(1)

Level III Questions

238

(2)

Recommended Readings

240

(1)

Writing the Research Proposal

241

(24)

The Introductory Matter

243

(1)

Form of the Final Research Problem

243

(7)

The Introduction

244

(1)

The Body

244

(2)

The Rationale for your Research

246

(3)

The Conclusion

249

(1)

Statement of the Purpose of the Study

250

(1)

Definition of Terms

251

(1)

The Research Design

251

(1)

The Sample

252

(3)

Target Population

253

(1)

Sample Selection

253

(2)

Methods and Instruments

255

(1)

Reliability and Validity

255

(1)

Data Analysis

256

(1)

Protection of Human Subjects

256

(1)

Summary

257

(1)

Variations in the Proposal Format

258

(3)

Thesis or Dissertation

258

(1)

Grant Proposals

259

(2)

The Finished Proposal

261

(3)

Check Your References

262

(1)

Polishing the Draft

262

(2)

Recommended Readings

264

(1)

Appendix: Sample Research Proposals

265

(134)

Level I

What Do Edmonton Seniors Say Are the Reasons for Including Herbal Supplements in Their Diet for the Maintenance of Their Health?

266

(16)

Brett Hodson

Value Orientations of the Copper Inuit

282

(44)

Nancy A. Edgecombe

Living in a Nursing Home with Multiple Sclerosis

326

(17)

Connie Winther

Level II

The Relationship Between Physical and/or Psychological Abuse and Health Status

343

(29)

Pamela Ratner

Level III

Umbilical Cord Care

372

(10)

Jennifer Medves

Maintaining Catheter Patency Using Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator

382

(17)

Colleen M. Astle

Index

399

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