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Canadian essentials of nursing research / At head of cover title: Polit & Beck Carmen G. Loiselle ... [et al.]. - 3rd ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2011. - ix, 501 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing research and its relevance to nursing practice -- Key concepts in qualitative and quantitative research -- Understanding the research process in qualitative and quantitative studies -- Reading research reports -- Reviewing the ethical aspects of a nursing study -- Scrutinizing research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Finding and reviewing studies in the literature -- Examining the conceptual/theoretical basis of a study -- Scrutinizing quantitative research design -- Understanding qualitative research design -- Examining specific types of research -- Examining sampling plans -- Scrutinizing data collection methods -- Evaluating measurements and data quality -- Analyzing quantitative data -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Critiquing research reports -- Using research in evidence-based nursing practice.

ISBN: 9781605477299 (alk. paper) 160547729X (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009035643

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101513969 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nursing--Research--Methodology.
Nursing--Research--Canada.
Nursing Research--methods--Canada.

LC Class. No.: RT81.5 / .C355 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 610.73072 / CAC

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WY 20.5 / C2115 2011