Research Theory category: 339 books
by Immy Holloway, Stephanie Wheeler
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
'…a wonderfully easy-to-follow text which manages to combine practical procedures with clear explanations of the underlying theoretical concepts.'
Nursing Standard (from review of first edition)
The third edition of this successful book incorporates recent developments in nursing research,...
by Immy Holloway, Kathleen Galvin
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Qualitative Research in Nursing and Healthcare is an invaluable resource for those who carry out qualitative research in the healthcare arena. It is intended to assist:
Professionals and academics in the healthcare field who undertake or teach research in clinical or educational settings;
Postgraduates...
Nursing Research Using Phenomenology
Qualitative Designs and Methods in Nursing
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
"Phenomenology recognizes that...the work of a nurse is the work of an embodied subject, a feeling and knowing and experiencing person in relationship to another embodied subject, the patient, who is another feeling and knowing and experiencing person. Phenomenology in nursing will be concerned...
Reading Research, Fifth Canadian Edition - E-Book
A User-Friendly Guide for Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
This practical beginner-level introduction to health sciences research is ideal for both students and health professionals. It assumes the reader has little or no experience with analyzing published research, and provides guidelines for reading and understanding research articles, as well as information...
by Gareth Hagger-Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Whilst the ‘health sciences’ are a broad and diverse area, and includes public health, primary care, health psychology, psychiatry and epidemiology, the research methods and data analysis skills required to analyse them are very similar. Moreover, the ability to appraise and conduct research is...
The SAGE Handbook of Digital Dissertations and Theses
SAGE Publications
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
This handbook sets out the processes and products of 'digital' research. It is a theoretical and practical guide on how to undertake and navigate advanced research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Topics covered include:
- how to make research more accessible
- the...
Statistics for Nursing Research - E-Book
A Workbook for Evidence-Based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Understand the statistical methods used in nursing research articles! Statistics for Nursing Research: A Workbook for Evidence-Based Practice, 2nd Edition helps you interpret and analyze the statistical data found in health sciences research articles. Practical exercises show how to critically appraise...
by Willem E. Saris, Irmtraud N. Gallhofer
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Praise for the First Edition
“...this book is quite inspiring, giving many practical ideas for survey research, especially for designing better questionnaires.”
—International Statistical Review
Reflecting modern developments in the field of survey research, the Second Edition...
The Reality of Nursing Research
Politics, Practices and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Focusing on the nurse researcher's dual role as practitioner and researcher, as well as research ethics and the relationship between practitioner and academic agendas, The Reality of Nursing Research helps to:
locate the practical dilemmas of nursing research in historical and policy context
prepare...
Principles of Research in Behavioral Science
Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
This book provides a comprehensive overview of research methods in the behavioral sciences, focusing primarily on the conceptual issues inherent in conducting research. It covers topics that are often omitted from other texts, including measurement issues, correlational research, qualitative research,...
Decision Making and Optimization
Special Matrices and Their Applications in Economics and Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
The book is a benefit for graduate and postgraduate students in the areas of operations research, decision theory, optimization theory, linear algebra, interval analysis and fuzzy sets. The book will also be useful for the researchers in the respective areas. The first part of the book deals with...
Nursing Research Using Life History
Qualitative Designs and Methods in Nursing
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
"This is an excellent book for researchers who want to conduct nursing research using life history. It contains worthwhile basic information about the design and many good examples of its use. " -- Doody's Book Review Service
Life history is a qualitative research method used to tell the story...
Nursing Research Using Historical Methods
Qualitative Designs and Methods in Nursing
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
This is a concise, step-by-step guide to conducting qualitative nursing research using various forms of historical analysis. It is part of a unique series of books devoted to seven different qualitative designs and methods in nursing, written for both novice researchers and specialists seeking to...
Nursing Research Using Data Analysis
Qualitative Designs and Methods in Nursing
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
This is a concise, step-by-step guide to conducting qualitative nursing research using various forms of data analysis. It is part of a unique series of books devoted to seven different qualitative designs and methods in nursing, written for both novice researchers and specialists seeking to develop...