TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nieswiadomy,Rose Marie
TI  - Foundations of nursing research
SN  - 0130339911
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Nursing Research
KW  - methods
KW  - Data Collection
KW  - Research Design
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents

Part I: Introduction to nursing research
1.Development of nursing research 
2.An overview of quantitative research
3.Ethical issues in nursing research 
 
Part II: Preliminary steps in the research process
4.Identifying nursing research problems 
5.Review of the literature 
6.Theory and nursing research 
7.Hypotheses and research questions 

Part III: Research Designs
8.Quantitative research designs 
9.Qualitative research designs 

Part IV: Obtaining study subjects and collection of data
10.Populations and samples 
11.Measurement and collection of data 
12.Data-collection methods 

Part V: Data analysis
13.Descriptive statistics 
14.Inferential statistics 
15.Presentation and discussion of study findings 

Part VI: Research findings and nursing practice
16.Communication and utilization of nursing research 
17.Critique of quantitative research reports
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