TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burns,Nancy
AU  - Grove,Susan K.
TI  - The practice of nursing research: conduct, critique, and utilization 
SN  - 0721606261 (hardcover)
AV  - RT81.5 .B86 2005
U1  - 610.73/072 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - St. Louis, Mo.
PB  - Elsevier/Saunders
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Nursing Research
KW  - Evidence-Based Medicine
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Discovering the world of nursing research --; 2; The evolution of research in nursing --; 3; Introduction to quantitative research --; 4; Introduction to qualitative research --; 5; Research problem and purpose --; 6; Review of relevant literature --; 7; Frameworks --; 8; Objectives, questions, and hypotheses --; 9; Ethics in research --; 10; Understanding quantitative research design --; 11; Selecting a research design --; 12; Outcomes research --; 13; Intervention research --; 14; Sampling --; 15; The concepts of measurement --; 16; Measurement strategies in nursing --; 17; Collecting and managing data --; 18; Introduction to statistical analysis --; 19; Using statistics to describe variables --; 20; Using statistics to examine relationships --; 21; Using statistics to predict --; 22; Using statistics to examine causality --; 23; Qualitative research methodology --; 24; Interpreting research outcomes --; 25; Communicating research findings --; 26; Critical analysis of nursing studies --; 27; Using research knowledge to promote an evidence-based practice in nursing --; 28; Proposal writing for research approval --; 29; Seeking funding for research --; App. A; Table of random numbers --; App. B; Cumulative normal distribution (Z) --; App. C; Percentage points of student's t distribution --; App. D; Percentage points of the F distribution --; App. E; Critical values for the [chi][superscript 2] distribution --; App. F; Table of probabilities associated with values as small as observed values of U in the Mann-Whitney test --; App. G; Table of critical values of U in the Mann-Whitney test --; App. H; Percentiles of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test statistic --; App. I; Table of critical values of r in the runs test --; App. J; Critical values for the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test (N=5[1]50) --; App. K; Table of probabilities associated with values as large as observed values of H in the Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks --; App. L; Table of probabilities associated with values as large as observed values of [Chi][superscript 2]in the Friedman two-way analysis of variance by ranks --; App. M; Statistical power tables ([Delta]=effect size)
N2  - "Practicing nurses, students, and instructors appreciate this book for its clear, direct writing style that makes complex concepts easy to understand; unique nursing perspective and framework that link nursing research to nursing practice; balanced and detailed coverage of both quantitative and qualitative research; and abundant, concrete examples from the best research literature."--BOOK JACKET
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