Includes bibliographical references and index

Using Nursing Research in Practice -- Questions for Patient Care -- Published Abstract: What Would You Conclude? -- Systematic Reviews in Evidence-Based Practice -- Components and Language of Research Reports -- Components of Published Research Reports -- Research Reports and the Research Process -- Published Report--What Did You Conclude? -- Discussions and Conclusions: What Is the Answer to My Question? What Did the Study Conclude? -- The End of a Research Report--Discussions and Conclusions -- Common Errors in Research Reports -- Published Reports--What Would You Conclude? -- Descriptive Results: Why Did the Authors Reach Their Conclusion--What Did They Actually Find? -- Differentiating Description From Inference -- Understanding the Language of Results Sections -- Connecting Results That Describe to Conclusions -- Common Errors in the Reports of Descriptive Results -- Published Report--What Would You Conclude? -- Inferential Results: Why Did the Authors Reach Their Conclusion--What Did They Actually Find? -- The Purpose of Inferential Statistics -- Probability and Significance -- Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics -- Bivariate and Multivariate Tests -- Hypothesis Testing -- In-Class Study Data -- Connecting Inferential Statistical Results to Conclusions -- Common Errors in Results Sections -- Published Report--What Would You Conclude? -- Samples: To What Types of Patients Do These Research Conclusions Apply--Who Was in the Study? -- Samples Versus Populations -- Differences in Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Focusing on the use of existing research (not the process of conducting new research), this textbook presents the skills employed when reviewing a published study. Chapters concentrate on elements such as the language of the report, argument and conclusions, descriptive results, inference, sampling errors, data collection methods, research design, and the research process. Real-world examples appear in the appendix. Macnee teaches at East Tennessee State University College of Nursing. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)