Quantitative Nursing ResearchYou may stop looking now. Quantitative Nursing Research is the answer to the prayers of graduate students and practitioners who have sought the key to this often intimidating subject. In this highly readable (dare we say enjoyable?) work, Thomas R. Knapp guides the reader through the basic definitions, fundamentals of design, and techniques of quantitative research |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Research Questions and Hypotheses | 12 |
Chapter 3 Causality Generalizability and Randomization | 20 |
Chapter 4 Ethical Considerations in Nursing Research | 30 |
Part II Quantitative Research Designs | 41 |
Chapter 5 Experiments | 43 |
Chapter 6 Surveys | 66 |
Part IV Specialized Quantitative Techniques | 191 |
Chapter 13 Secondary Analysis | 193 |
Chapter 14 MetaAnalysis | 201 |
Chapter 15 Pilot Studies and Replication Studies | 207 |
Chapter 16 Methodological Research | 216 |
Part V Miscellaneous Topics | 225 |
Chapter 17 Running Subjects One at a Time | 227 |
Chapter 18 The Measurement of Change | 233 |
Ordinary Correlational Studies | 77 |
CausalComparative Studies | 86 |
Part III Quantitative Techniques for Data Gathering and Analysis | 101 |
Chapter 9 Sampling | 103 |
Chapter 10 Measurement | 115 |
Chapter 11 Statistics | 156 |
Chapter 12 The Use of Computers in Quantitative Research | 184 |
Chapter 19 Strategies for Coping with MissingData Problems | 239 |
Chapter 20 The Dissemination of Research Results | 255 |
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About the Author | 287 |
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