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Preface | |
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How to Write a Researchable Question | |
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Research Topics | |
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What Is a Researchable Question? | |
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Asking Research Questions | |
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Examining Components of a Research Question | |
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Be Interested in Your Idea | |
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Bibliography | |
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From Question to Problem | |
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Finding the Level of Knowledge About a Topic | |
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How to Search the Literature on Your Topic | |
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Level of Theory and Level of Question | |
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Developing the Research Problem from the Literature Review | |
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Beginning with an Observation | |
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Bibliography | |
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The Full and Final Research Problem | |
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Elements of a Research Problem | |
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The Psychology of Argument | |
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Strongest Argument Last | |
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Substantiate What You Say | |
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Bibliography | |
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Critical Review of the Literature | |
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Content of a Critique | |
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What to Critique | |
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How to Do a Critique | |
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Guidelines for Critique of Published Research | |
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Where Does the Critique Belong? | |
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Stating the Purpose of the Study | |
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The Purpose Written as a Declarative Statement | |
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The Purpose Written as a Question | |
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The Purpose Written as a Hypothesis | |
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Examining the Components of a Hypothesis | |
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The Significance of the Statement of Purpose | |
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Stating the Purpose of the Study: A Summary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Defining Your Terms | |
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Types of Variables | |
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Defining the Independent Variable | |
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How Variables Are Measured | |
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Terms That Need Definition | |
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Writing Operational Definitions: A Review | |
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Bibliography | |
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The Research Design: Blueprint for Action | |
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Designing Your Study from the Question | |
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Characteristics of Research Designs | |
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Issues of Control | |
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Descriptive Designs | |
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Experimental Designs | |
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Controlling Unwanted Influences | |
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Level of Study and Degree of Control | |
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Bibliography | |
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Selecting the Sample | |
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Types of Samples | |
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Sample Size | |
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Level of Study and Sample Selection | |
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Bibliography | |
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Selecting a Method to Answer the Question | |
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Observation | |
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Questionnaires and interviews | |
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Available Data | |
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Physiological Measures | |
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Bibliography | |
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Reliability and Validity of Measurement | |
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Errors in Data Collection Procedures | |
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Validity | |
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Reliability | |
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Reliability and Validity Issues in Field Research Using Participant Observation | |
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Reliability and Validity in the Research Plan | |
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Self-Test | |
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Bibliography | |
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Ethics in Nursing Research | |
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Problems Involving Ethics | |
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Informed Consent | |
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Balancing Potential Benefit Against Actual Cost | |
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Maintaining Anonymity and Confidentiality | |
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Federal Guidelines on the Submission of Proposals for Review | |
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Ethical Principles Underlying Protection of Human Subjects | |
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Bibliography | |
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Planning for Analysis of Data | |
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Descriptive Analysis | |
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Inferential Analysis | |
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Choosing a Statistical Test: What Does Your Hypothesis Ask? | |
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The Answer Is in the Question | |
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Bibliography | |
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Writing the Research Proposal | |
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The Introductory Section: Research Problem | |
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Form of the Final Research Problem | |
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Statement of the Purpose of the Study | |
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Definition of Terms | |
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The Research Design | |
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The Sample | |
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Methods and Instruments | |
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Reliability and Validity | |
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Data Analysis | |
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Ethics | |
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In Summary | |
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Variations in the Proposed Format | |
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The Finished Proposal | |
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Bibliography | |
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Appendix Contents: Sample Research Proposals | |
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The Experience of Nurse-Midwives in Ghana with the Use of the WHO Partograph | |
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The Incidence of Acute Stress Disorder Among Parents of Premature Infants Admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | |
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Nausea and Vomiting Following Posterior Fossa Surgery: Determination of Incidence, Risk, and Protective Factors in Children | |
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The Impact of Older Maternal Age at First Birth on the Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Birth in Northern and Central Alberta | |
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Maintaining Catheter Patency Using Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator | |
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Standardized Telephone Triage Practice: Impact of Protocol Implementation on Reported job Stress and Satisfaction by Nurses in a Pediatric Oncology Outpatient Setting | |
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Index | |