Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Editors Contributors US Contributors Reviewers Acknowledgments Section One Research awareness Chapter 1 The significance of nursing and midwifery research 3 Zevia Schneider Chapter 2 An overview of research theory and process Dean Whitehead Chapter 3 Searching and reviewing the research literature Dean Whitehead Chapter 4 Identifying research ideas, questions, statements and hypotheses Zevia Schneider and Dean Whitehead Chapter 5 Ethical and legal issues in research Martin Woods and Zevia Schneider Section Two Research appreciation and application Chapter 6 Common qualitative methods Dean Whitehead Chapter 7 Sampling data and data collection in qualitative research Violeta Lopez and Dean Whitehead Chapter 8 Analysing data in qualitative research Thomas Harding and Dean Whitehead Chapter 9 Common quantitative methods Linda Shields and Roger Watson Chapter 10 Sampling data in quantitative research Zevia Schneider and Murray Fisher Chapter 11 Quantitative data collection and study validity Sonya Osborne and Zevia Schneider Chapter 12 Assessing measuring instruments Brigid Gillespie and Wendy Chaboyer Chapter 13 Analysing data in quantitative research Murray Fisher and Zevia Schneider Chapter 14 Mixed-methods research Dean Whitehead and Zevia Schneider Chapter 15 Critically reviewing research studies Zevia Schneider Chapter 16 Applying research knowledge: evidence-based practice, practice development and knowledge translation Bridie Kent and Brendan McCormack Section Three Conducting primary research Chapter 17 Writing proposals and grant applications Zevia Schneider Chapter 18 Managing a research project Ruth Endacott and Dean Whitehead Chapter 19 Writing and presenting research findings for dissemination Dean Whitehead and Zevia Schneider Glossary Index