Table of Contents
Contributors xiii
Introduction to the 7th Edition xvii
About the Companion Website xx
Section 1 Setting the Scene
Chapter 1 Research and Development in Nursing 3 Kate Gerrish
Chapter 2 The Research Process 15 Anne Lacey
Chapter 3 Research Ethics 31 Martin Johnson and Tony Long
Chapter 4 User Involvement in Research 43 Janey Speers and Judith Lathlean
Chapter 5 Research for a Multiethnic Society 57 Sarah Salway and George T.H. Ellison
Chapter 6 Digital Technologies in Research 71 Susie Macfarlane and Tracey Bucknall
Section 2 Preparing the Ground
Chapter 7 Finding the Evidence 89 Claire Beecroft, Andrew Booth and Angie Rees
Chapter 8 Critical Appraisal of the Evidence 105 Angie Rees, Claire Beecroft and Andrew Booth
Chapter 9 Preparing a Research Proposal 119 Julie Taylor
Chapter 10 Planning and Managing a Research Project 131 Carol A. Haigh
Chapter 11 Gaining Access to the Research Site 143 Leslie Gelling
Section 3 Choosing the Right Approach
Chapter 12 The Quantitative–Qualitative Continuum 159 Annie Topping
Chapter 13 Sampling 173 Katherine Hunt and Judith Lathlean
Chapter 14 Grounded Theory 185 Immy Holloway and Kathleen T. Galvin
Chapter 15 Ethnography 199 Immy Holloway and Kathleen T. Galvin
Chapter 16 Phenomenological Research 211 Kathleen T. Galvin and Immy Holloway
Chapter 17 Narrative Research 225 Dawn Freshwater and Immy Holloway
Chapter 18 Experimental Research 237 Andrea E. Nelson, Jo Dumville and David Torgerson
Chapter 19 Surveys 255 Felicity Hasson, Hugh McKenna and Sinead Keeney
Chapter 20 The Delphi Technique 267 Sinead Keeney
Chapter 21 Case Study Research 279 Charlotte Clarke, Jan Reed and Sarah E. Keyes
Chapter 22 Evaluation Research 291 Judith Lathlean
Chapter 23 Action Research 303 Julienne Meyer and Julie Cooper
Chapter 24 Practitioner Research 319 Bridie Kent
Chapter 25 Systematic Reviews and Evidence Syntheses 333 Andrew Booth, Angie Rees and Claire Beecroft
Chapter 26 Realist Synthesis 353 Jo Rycroft‐Malone, Brendan McCormack, Kara DeCorby and Alison M. Hutchinson
Chapter 27 Mixed Methods Research 371 Joanne Turnbull and Judith Lathlean
Section 4 Collecting Data
Chapter 28 Interviewing 387 Angela Tod
Chapter 29 Focus Groups 401 Claire Goodman and Catherine Evans
Chapter 30 Questionnaire Design 413 Martyn Jones and Janice Rattray
Chapter 31 Observation 427 Jo Booth
Chapter 32 Think Aloud Technique 441 Tracey Bucknall and Leanne M. Aitken
Chapter 33 Outcome Measures 455 Peter Griffiths and Anne Marie Rafferty
Section 5 Making Sense of Data
Chapter 34 Qualitative Analysis 471 Judith Lathlean
Chapter 35 Descriptive Analysis of Quantitative Data 489 Stephen J. Walters and Jenny Freeman
Chapter 36 Examining Relationships in Quantitative Data 505 Jenny Freeman and Stephen J. Walters
Section 6 Putting Research into Practice
Chapter 37 Disseminating Research Findings 527 Kate Gerrish
Chapter 38 Evidence‐Based Practice 541 Kate Gerrish
Chapter 39 Translating Research Findings into Practice 555 Kate Gerrish
Chapter 40 Future Trends in Nursing Research 571 Kate Gerrish and Judith Lathlean
Glossary 583
Index 591