Handbook of Research Methods for Nursing and Health Sciences, 2nd edition
Title overview
Written in an accessible style, the text is designed for nursing and health science students who are beginning a course in research methods.
The Australian examples reflect a diversity of health settings which emphasises the relevance of research to students.
Table of contents
- The Relevance of Research for Practitioners - Rita Axford, Victor Minichiello, Mary Cruickshank, Jenny McParlane,
Lyn Irwin, Irene Coulson - Role of Theory in Health Research - Rod Gerber, Wendy Moyle
- The Philosophical and Theoretical Context of Qualitative Research - Ian Andrews, Gerard Sullivan, Victor Minichiello
- Asking Quantitative Research Questions - Lynne M. Harris
- Obtaining Ethical Approval for Health Sciences Research - Carl L. Parsons, Jennifer Oates
- Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, And Correlational Quantitative Research Designs - Robert Heard, Lynne M. Harris
- Qualitative Research Design - Carol Grbich
- Sampling in Quantitative Research - Margot Schofield
- Sampling in Qualitative Research - Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Gerard Sullivan and Victor Minichiello
- Epidemiological Research - Damien Jolley
- Action Research - Annette F. Street
- Single Case Experimental Design - Kenneth Mark Greenwood
- Measurement: Concepts, Tools and Issues - Kenneth Mark Greenwood
- Structured Questionnaires and Interviews - David de Vaus
- Reporting on Events Using Diaries - Rodrigo Mariño, Victor Minichiello, Jan Browne
- Doing Qualitative In-depth Interviews - Victor Minichiello, Jeanne Madison, Terrence Hays, Glenda Parmenter
- Focus Group Interviews - Winsome St John
- Ethnography and Participant Observation - Cherry Russell
- Discourse Analysis - Deborah Lupton
- The Logic and Need for Inferential Statistics - Kenneth Mark Greenwood
- Descriptive and Exploratory Data Analysis - Carolyn Unsworth
- A Brief Survey of Univariate Group Comparison Procedures - Ian Story
- Correlation and Regression - Michael Hough
- Using Multivariate Analysis - Lynne M. Harris, Robert Heard
- Grounded Theory Analysis: Coming to Data with Questioning Minds - Jan Browne
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