Advanced Design in Nursing Research / Edition 1

by Pamela Brink, Marilynn J. Wood

Overview

This Second Edition of the bestselling Advanced Design in Nursing Research has been substantially revised and reorganized.

Using the principle that the level of knowledge available on a research topic determines the level of design that can be used to study the topic, the contributors present discussions of research at three levels of design: theoretically based experimental designs; comparative and correlated survey designs; and exploratory-descriptive research designs.

Strengths and weaknesses of each design in sampling, methods, reliability, validity, data analysis and issues related to human subjects are addressed. Contributors also discuss writing and evaluating proposals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803958005
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/02/1997
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Pamela Brink is the founder of the WJNR and has been its editor throughout its history. She initiated a number of innovations in nursing research journals such as: commentaries and author rebuttal on clinical articles; publication of successful NINR grant proposals with their pink sheets ; research briefs on such topics as cultural diversity, historiography, and research ethics; educational issues in research; publication of full research symposia with guest editors; and special issues on timely research topics. In addition, she has always tried to interest an

international audience by soliciting and publishing research reports from scholars outside north America.

Marilynn J. Wood, RN, DrPH, received her doctorate in gerontology and biostatistics from the School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. A recipient of an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in 1984, Dr. Wood has co-authored a basic nursing research text and co-edited a text titled Advanced Design in Nursing Research. Her current research is in the area of lifestyle changes related to the treatment of obesity.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Introduction - Pamela J Brink and Marilynn J Wood
PART TWO: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
Classical Experimental Designs - Kathleen C Buckwalter and Meridean L Maas
Quasi-Experimental Designs - Meridean L Maas and Kathleen C Buckwalter
Within-Subjects Designs - Janice Lander
Evaluative Designs - Marilynn J Wood
PART III: SURVEY DESIGNS
Comparative Designs - Marilynn J Wood and Pamela J Brink
Correlational Designs - Marilynn J Wood and Pamela J Brink
Structural Equation Modeling - Pamela A Ratner, Joan L Bottorff and Joy L Johnson
Epidemiologic Designs - Janet C Meininger
Methodological Studies: Instrument Development - Merle H Mishel
PART IV: EXPLORATORY-DESCRIPTIVE DESIGNS
Descriptive Designs - Pamela J Brink and Marilynn J Wood
Exploratory Designs - Pamela J Brink
Qualitative Research - Patricia Munhall
Historical Research - Laurie K Glass
The Pilot Study: One Key to Research Success - Nancy R Lackey and Anita L Wingate

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Doris D. Coward, RN, PhD (University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing)
Description: This edited book on nursing research designs is organized in headings by level of design — exploratory-descriptive (5 chapters), survey (5 chapters), and experimental (4 chapters). In this second edition, one chapter is revised, four are placed under different headings, and two new chapters are added. The previous edition was published in 1989.
Purpose: This advanced research design text is intended to provide more detail concerning nursing research designs than is found in the authors' more elementary text, Steps in Planning Nursing Research. The descriptions of the several specific research designs and methodologies, such as structural equation modeling, are well beyond the scope of the basic text.
Audience: The added dimension of detail about strengths and weakness of specific designs and implementation issues clearly is useful to the advanced students and teachers of nursing research to whom the book is targeted by the authors. Advanced undergraduate students and instructors in undergraduate research courses also may be interested in such issues related to specific research designs.
Features: This is an important addition to nursing research training of graduate students and a reference for teachers of research. The two new chapters (within subject designs and the analysis technique of structural equation modeling) increase the usefulness of this edition.
Assessment: Although the chapter formatting is changed in this new edition, several chapters appear to be almost identical to the 1989 edition. Consequently, most of the research examples and the references in those chapters are more than 10 years old. Although designs using qualitative methods and data are presented in two chapters, in this new edition these designs continue to be viewed from a positivistic perspective. Researchers with a more contextual world view would prefer that qualitative approaches be discussed with a stronger emphasis on their unique contributions to scientific knowledge rather than an emphasis on their use at a beginning of a research program that will lead to more "rigorous" research designs.

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4 Stars! from Doody

This edited book on nursing research designs is organized in headings by level of design -- exploratory-descriptive (5 chapters), survey (5 chapters), and experimental (4 chapters). In this second edition, one chapter is revised, four are placed under different headings, and two new chapters are added. The previous edition was published in 1989. This advanced research design text is intended to provide more detail concerning nursing research designs than is found in the authors' more elementary text, Steps in Planning Nursing Research. The descriptions of the several specific research designs and methodologies, such as structural equation modeling, are well beyond the scope of the basic text. The added dimension of detail about strengths and weakness of specific designs and implementation issues clearly is useful to the advanced students and teachers of nursing research to whom the book is targeted by the authors. Advanced undergraduate students and instructors in undergraduate research courses also may be interested in such issues related to specific research designs. This is an important addition to nursing research training of graduate students and a reference for teachers of research. The two new chapters (within subject designs and the analysis technique of structural equation modeling) increase the usefulness of this edition. Although the chapter formatting is changed in this new edition, several chapters appear to be almost identical to the 1989 edition. Consequently, most of the research examples and the references in those chapters are more than 10 years old. Although designs using qualitative methods and data are presented in two chapters, in thisnew edition these designs continue to be viewed from a positivistic perspective. Researchers with a more contextual world view would prefer that qualitative approaches be discussed with a stronger emphasis on their unique contributions to scientific knowledge rather than an emphasis on their use at a beginning of a research program that will lead to more ""rigorous"" research designs.

Doris D. Coward

The authors present discussions of research at the three levels of design, moving from rigidly controlled, theoretically based experimental designs to comparative and correlational survey designs, and concluding with the exploratory-descriptive research designs that frequently initiate the study of a topic. Within the basic categories, researchers explore a broad range of specific design types, noting their characteristics, strengths and weaknesses, applicability to nursing research, ethical considerations, reliability and validity, and methods of data analysis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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