"Thoroughly updated and revised to emphasize the link between research and evidence-based practice, this Ninth Edition of a classic textbook presents state-of-the-art methods for conducting high-quality studies. The ancillary Resource Manual includes application exercises, models of comprehensive research critiques, a full NINR grant application, and a Toolkit on a CD-ROM, containing exemplary research tools (e.g., consent forms, a demographic questionnaire, statistical table templates)--all in easily-adapted Word documents"--Provided by publisher.

PART 1: Foundations of Nursing Research --
Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment --
Evidence-Based Nursing: Translating Research Evidence into Practice --
Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research --
PART 2: Conceptualizing and Planning a Study to Generate Evidence for Nursing --
Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses --
Literature Reviews: Finding and Critiquing Evidence --
Theoretical Frameworks --
Ethics in Nursing Research --
Planning a Nursing Study --
PART 3: Designing and Conducting Quantitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing --
Quantitative Research Design --
Rigor and Validity in Quantitative Research --
Specific Types of Quantitative Research --
Sampling in Quantitative Resesarch --
Data Collection in Quantitative Research --
Measurement and Data Quality --
Developing and Testing Self-Report Scales --
Descriptive Statistics --
Inferential Statistics --
Multivariate Statistics --
Processes of Quantitative Data Analysis and Interpretation --
PART 4: Designing and Conducting Qualitative Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing --
Qualitative Research Design and Approaches --
Sampling in Qualitative Research --
Data Collection in Qualitative Research --
Qualitative Data Analysis --
Trustworthiness and Integrity in Qualitative Research --
PART 5: Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Studies to Generate Evidence for Nursing --
Overview of Mixed Methods Research --
Developing Complex Nursing Interventions Using Mixed Methods Research --
PART 6: Building an Evidence Base for Nursing Practice --
Systematic Reviews of Research Evidence: Meta-Analysis, Metasynthesis, and Mixed Studies Review --
Disseminating Evidence: Reporting Research Findings --
Writing Proposals to Generate Evidence.