Rapid Research Methods for Nurses, Midwives and Health Professionals (eBook)

Colin Rees (Autor)

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2015
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781119048398 (ISBN)

Infos

Rapid Research Methods for Nurses, Midwives and Health Professionals is designed to help you find and understand the meaning of key research terminology and, more importantly, develop your knowledge of some of the essential ideas and concepts they describe. This A-Z dictionary of terms is a collection of over 200 entries with a definition of each word put in context with additional tips on its use in assignment work. Alphabetically arranged in an accessible, reader-friendly format, this book:

• Answers a clear demand for a practical, fast and concise introduction to the key ideas, concepts and methods in nursing and healthcare research
• Provides students with fast and accessible information designed for revision and writing research-based assignments
• Demystifies a field of study that students often find daunting

Colin Rees, Nursing Lecturer, Cardiff University.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Title Page 5
Copyright 6
Dedication 7
Contents 9
Introduction 13
A 15
Abstract 15
Accidental sampling 15
Action research 16
Aim 17
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) 18
Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) 19
Anonymity 20
Audit 21
Audit trail 22
B 23
Back chaining 23
Bar graph 24
Before and after designs 25
Beneficence 26
Bias 27
Blinding 28
Bracketing 29
C 30
Case-control study 30
Causal relationship 31
Cell 32
Chi-square test (X2) 33
Clinical trial 33
Closed (close-ended, fixed choice) questions 34
Cluster sample 35
Coding 36
Cohort study 37
Concept definition 38
Confidentiality 39
Confirmability 40
Confounding variable 41
Contingency table 41
Control group 42
Convenience sample 43
Correlation 44
Covert observation 45
Credibility 46
Cross-over design 47
Cross-sectional study 48
Critique 49
D 50
Data 50
Database 51
Data saturation 52
Demographic data 53
Dependent variable 54
Descriptive statistics 55
Double-blind study 56
E 57
Ethics 57
Ethics committee 59
Ethnographic research 60
Exclusion criteria 60
Experimental design 61
Ex post facto studies 63
F 64
Face validity 64
Fieldwork diary 65
Fieldwork 66
Findings 67
Fittingness 68
Focus group 69
Forward chaining 70
Frequency distribution 71
G 72
Generalisability 72
Grey literature 73
Grounded theory 74
H 75
Hawthorne effect 75
Hermeneutics 76
Heterogeneity and homogeneity 77
Hierarchy of evidence 78
Histogram 79
Homogeneity 79
Hypothesis 80
I 81
Inclusion and exclusion criteria 81
Inferential statistics 82
Independent variable 83
Informed consent 84
Interval data 84
Interviews 85
Inverse relationship 86
J 87
Judgemental sample 87
Justice 87
K 88
Key informant 88
Key words 89
L 90
Levels of measurement 90
Likert scale 92
Literature review 93
M 94
Manipulation 94
Masking 94
Measures of central tendency 95
Mean 95
Measures of dispersion 96
Meta-analysis 97
Mode 97
Median 97
N 98
Naturalistic research 98
Non-maleficence 98
Nominal data 98
Non-probability sampling methods 99
Normal distribution 100
Null hypothesis 100
O 101
Observation 101
Observational designs 102
Open questions 103
Operational definition 104
Opportunity sample 104
Outliers 105
Ordinal data 105
P 106
p Values 106
Paradigm 109
Phenomenology 110
PICO 110
Pilot study 111
Population 112
Power analysis 113
Pretest-posttest designs 113
Principles of research 114
Probability sampling methods 114
Prospective and retrospective study designs 115
Q 116
Qualitative research designs 116
Quantitative research designs 118
Quasi-experimental research 119
Questionnaires 120
Quota sampling 120
R 121
Randomisation 121
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) 122
Range 122
Ratio data 122
Reflexivity 122
Reliability 123
Research 124
Research design 125
Research method 126
Response rate 126
Retrospective study 126
Review of the literature 126
Rigour 127
S 128
Sample 128
Sampling methods 128
Sampling frame 130
Self-report 130
Snowball sample 130
Social desirability 130
Statistical analysis 130
Survey 131
Systematic reviews of the literature 131
T 132
Table 132
Thick data 133
Transferability 133
Triangulation 133
Trustworthiness 133
Type I, Type II, Type III errors 134
U 136
Unstructured interviews 136
Unstructured observations 137
V 138
Validity 138
Variable 140
EULA 141

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Rapid
• Reihe/Serie: Rapid
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: Forschung im Gesundheitswesen • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Gesundheitswesen • Health & Social Care • health care research • Hebamme • Hebammenpraxis • Krankenpflege • Krankenpflegeforschung • <p>Research methods nursing midwifery health terminology alphabetical concepts assignments evidence-based quantitative qualitative sampling theory phenomenological narrative systematic </p> • Midwifery • nursing • Nursing Research
• ISBN-13: 9781119048398 / 9781119048398