Nursing research : principles and methods / Denise F. Polit, Bernadette P. Hungler.

Contents;

Part I: The scientific research process
1. Nursing and the role of research
2. The scientific approach
3. Ethics and scientific research
4. Overview of the research process

Part II: Preliminary research steps
5. Selecting and defining a nursing research problem
6. Locating and summarizing existing information on a problem
7. Placing the problem in a theoretical context
8. Formulating hypotheses

Part III: Designs for nursing research
9. Experiments and quasi-experiments
10. Nonexperimental research
11. Additional types of research
etc.

Part IV: Measurement and data collection
14. Interviews and questionnaires
15. Scales and standardized self-report
16. Observational methods
17. Biophysiologic and other data
etc.

Part V: The analysis of research data
20. Qualitative analysis: Descriptive statistics
21. Inferential statistics
22. Advanced statistical procedures
23. The analysis of qualitative data
etc.

Part VI: Communication in the research process
27. Interpreting and reporting research results
28. Evaluating research reports
29. Utilization of nursing research
30. Writing a research report

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.