Fast facts to loving your research project : a stress-free guide for novice researchers in nursing and healthcare

Marshall, Brenda 1951- (author.).

Summary: "This book teaches the reader not only how to conduct a first research project, but also how to construct an argument, a theory, and critically explore a belief. This Fast Facts book has been written with the novice researcher in mind. It presents an easy guide through the steps needed to be taken when embarking on a research project. It is not a research textbook that intends to cover all aspects of the research study, nor does it teach the reader how to do statistical analysis. For many novice researchers, hiring a statistician, or using the institutional statistician will be needed. This user friendly "pocket support book" can help take the fear out of engaging in research, improve problem solving, and increase the readers interest-dare I say, love?-of research!"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780826146366 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0826146368 (Paperback)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction to Research -- Finding the Big Problem -- From Hypothesis to Aim/Purpose -- Why We Review the Literature -- The Theoretical Framework -- Research Design / Tom Heinzen -- Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research Designs -- Methods of data collection -- Reliability and Validity / Katherine Roberts -- From Population to Sample -- Impact of the Outside world : Legal and Ethical Considerations in Research -- Conducting the Research -- Data Analysis / Katherine Roberts -- Results : What did the project discover? Why is it important? -- The Conclusion of the Thesis, Project or Dissertation : Writing the Discussion, Conclusion, and Abstract -- The Beginning : Sharing what was learned with the greater community