| 1 | Discovering the world of nursing research | 2 |
| 2 | The evolution of research in nursing | 16 |
| 3 | Introduction to quantitative research | 32 |
| 4 | Introduction to qualitative research | 52 |
| 5 | Research problem and purpose | 70 |
| 6 | Review of relevant literature | 93 |
| 7 | Frameworks | 121 |
| 8 | Objectives, questions, and hypotheses | 156 |
| 9 | Ethics in research | 176 |
| 10 | Understanding quantitative research design | 211 |
| 11 | Selecting a research design | 231 |
| 12 | Outcomes research | 273 |
| 13 | Intervention research | 312 |
| 14 | Sampling | 341 |
| 15 | The concepts of measurement | 368 |
| 16 | Measurement strategies in nursing | 387 |
| 17 | Collecting and managing data | 421 |
| 18 | Introduction to statistical analysis | 441 |
| 19 | Using statistics to describe variables | 461 |
| 20 | Using statistics to examine relationships | 483 |
| 21 | Using statistics to predict | 500 |
| 22 | Using statistics to examine causality | 517 |
| 23 | Qualitative research methodology | 535 |
| 24 | Interpreting research outcomes | 574 |
| 25 | Communicating research findings | 585 |
| 26 | Critical analysis of nursing studies | 616 |
| 27 | Using research knowledge to promote an evidence-based practice in nursing | 634 |
| 28 | Proposal writing for research approval | 662 |
| 29 | Seeking funding for research | 686 |
| App. A | Table of random numbers | 699 |
| App. B | Cumulative normal distribution (Z) | 700 |
| App. C | Percentage points of student's t distribution | 702 |
| App. D | Percentage points of the F distribution | 703 |
| App. E | Critical values for the [chi][superscript 2] distribution | 707 |
| App. F | Table of probabilities associated with values as small as observed values of U in the Mann-Whitney test | 708 |
| App. G | Table of critical values of U in the Mann-Whitney test | 711 |
| App. H | Percentiles of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test statistic | 713 |
| App. I | Table of critical values of r in the runs test | 715 |
| App. J | Critical values for the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test (N=5[1]50) | 717 |
| App. K | Table of probabilities associated with values as large as observed values of H in the Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks | 718 |
| App. L | Table of probabilities associated with values as large as observed values of [Chi][superscript 2]in the Friedman two-way analysis of variance by ranks | 721 |
| App. M | Statistical power tables ([Delta]=effect size) | 723 |