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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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| Bibliography | |
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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 | |