Expand your subject knowledge with these further reading suggestions from Parts 3 and 4 of Research Methods in Nursing and Midwifery 2nd edition.
PART 3 – Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research
Chapter 9 – Sampling in Quantitative Research
Bland, M. (2000). An Introduction to Medical Statistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Casey, D. & Devane, D. (2010). Midwifery basics: Understanding research (3): Sampling. Practising Midwife 13, 40–3.
Daniel, J. (2012). Sampling Essentials: Practical Guidelines for Making Sampling Choices. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.Dattalo, P. (2008). Determining Sample Size: Balancing Power, Precision, and Practicality. New York: Oxford University Press.
Lohr, S. L. (2008). Coverage and sampling. In J. Hox., E. De Leeuw & D. A. Dillman (eds), The International Handbook of Survey Methodology. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 97–112.
Sydor, A. (2013). Conducting research into hidden or hard-to-reach populations. Nurse Researcher 20(3), 33–7.
Chapter 10 – Quantitative Research Design
Craig, J. V. & Smyth, R. L. (2011). Evidence-Based Practice Manual for Nurses, 3rd edn. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gordis, L. (2009). Epidemiology, 4th edn. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Saunders.
Portney, L. G. & Watkins, M. P. (2009). Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Practice, 3rd edn. New Jersey: Pearson.
Rothman, K. J., Gallacher, J. E. J. & Hatch, E. E. (2013). Why representativeness should be avoided. International Journal of Epidemiology 42(4), 1012–14.
Chapter 11 – Data Collection: Quantitative Research
Frank-Stromborg, M. & Olsen, S. (2004). Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research. Boston: Jones & Bartlett.
Polit, D. & Beck, C. (2012). Developing and testing self-report scales. In D. Polit & C. Beck (eds), Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp. 351–78.
Walonick, D. (2004). Survival Statistics StatPacInc. www.statpac.com/surveys Chapter 12 – Quantitative Data Analysis Altman, D. G. (1991). Practical Statistics for Medical Research. Cornwall, UK: Chapman & Hall, T. J. Press. Gerstman, B. B. (2008). Basic Biostatistics: Statistics for Public Health Practice. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett. Kleinbaum, D. G. & Klein, M. (2002). Logistic Regression: A Self-Learning Text, 2nd edn. New York: Springer Verlag. Kleinbaum, D. G., Kupper, L. L. & Morgenstern, H. (1982). Epidemiologic Research: Principles and Quantitative Methods. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Chapter 13 – Mixed Methods Research Andrew, S. & Halcombe, E. (eds) (2009). Mixed Methods of Research for Nursing and Health Sciences. Oxford: Blackwell. Brannen, J. (2005). Mixing methods: The entry of qualitative and quantitative approaches into the research process. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 8(3), 173–84. Burke Johnson, R., Onwuegbuzie, A. & Turner, A. (2007). Toward a definition of mixed methods research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 1(2), 112–33. Freshwater, D. (2007). Reading mixed methods research: Contexts for criticism. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 1(2), 134–46. Giddings, L. (2006). Positivism dressed in drag? Journal of Research in Nursing 11(3), 195–203. Morse, J. (2005). Evolving trends in qualitative research: Advances in mixed-method design. Qualitative Health Research 15(5), 583. Onwuegbuzie, A. & Leech, N. (2005). On becoming a pragmatic researcher: The importance of combining quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 8(5), 375–87. Weaver, K. & Olson, J. (2006). Understanding paradigms used for nursing research. Journal of Advanced Nursing 53(4), 459–69. Wilkins, K. & Woodgate, R. (2008). Designing a mixed methods study in paediatric oncology nursing research. Journal of Paediatric Oncology Nursing 25(1), 24–33. PART 4 – Pathways to Evidence-based Practice Chapter 14 – Critical Review of Research Burns, N. & Grove, S. (2009). The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence, 6th edn. St Louis, MI: Saunders. Coughlan, M., Cronin, P. & Ryan, F. (2007). Step by step guide to critiquing research. Part 1: Quantitative research. British Journal of Nursing 16(11), 658–63. Creswell, J. (2013). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Approaches, 3rd edn. Thousand Oak, CA: SAGE Publications. Crombie, I. (1996). In The Pocket Guide to Critical Appraisal. London: British Medical Journal Publishing Group, pp. 23–9. Newell, R. & Burnard, P. (2011). Vital Notes for Nurses: Research for Evidence-Based Practice, 2nd edn. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. Ryan, F., Coughlan, M. & Cronin, P. (2007). Step by step guide to critiquing research. Part 2: Qualitative research. British Journal of Nursing 16(12), 738–44. Chapter 15 – Undertaking a Systematic Review Craig, J. V. & Smyth, R. L. (eds) (2011). The Evidence-Based Practice Manual for Nurses, 3rd edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier. Downe, S., Gyte, G. M. L. & Dahlen, H. G. (2013). Routine vaginal examinations for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013(7), CD010088. Joanna Briggs Institute. (2012). The JBI approach. http://joannabriggs.org/jbi-approach.html Myors, K. A., Schmied, V., Johnson, M. & Cleary, M. (2013). Collaboration and integrated services for perinatal mental health: An integrative review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 18(1), 1–10. NHMRC. (2009). NHMRC additional levels of evidence and grades for recommendations for developers of guidelines: Stage 2 consultation. www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/file/publications/synopses/cp30.pdf Portney, L. G. & Watkins, M. P. (2009). Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Practice, 3rd edn. New Jersey: Pearson Education. Straus, S. E., Tetroe, J. & Graham, I. D. (2013). Knowledge Translation in Health Care: Moving from Evidence to Practice. West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons. Chapter 16 – Disseminating Research Lester, J. D. (2011). Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide, 13th edn. New York: Pearson. Rolfe, G. (2009). Writing-up and writing-as: Rediscovering nursing scholarship. Nurse Education Today 29(8), 816–20. Zemach, D. E., Broudy, D. & Valvona, C. (2011). Writing Research Papers: From Essay to Research Paper. Oxford: Macmillan.