Pt. 1. Introduction to Research in Advanced Nursing Practice -- Ch. 1. Advanced Practice Nursing and the Integration of Research into Clinical Practice -- Ch. 2. The Vocabulary of Research and Overview of the Research Process -- Pt. 2. The Design and Analysis of Experimental Studies (Clinical Trials) -- Ch. 3. The Logic of Causal Inference in Experimental Studies -- Ch. 4. The Design and Analysis of Studies with Separate Control Groups -- Ch. 5. The Design and Analysis of Repeated-Measures Experiments -- Pt. 3. The Design and Analysis of Quasi-Experimental Studies -- Ch. 6. Quasi-Experimental Studies for Clinical Settings -- Ch. 7. The Analysis of Quasi-Experiments -- Pt. 4. The Design and Analysis of Observational Studies -- Ch. 8. Introduction to Observational Studies -- Ch. 9. Cohort Studies -- Ch. 10. Case-Control Studies -- Ch. 11. Survey Studies -- Ch. 12. Qualitative Research Approaches -- Pt. 5. Measurement and Data Collection -- Ch. 13. Concepts of Measurement and Measurement Error -- Ch. 14. Judging the Quality of Measurement -- Ch. 15. Outcome Measures for Research and Practice -- Ch. 16. Data Collection Techniques -- Ch. 17. Analysis of Existing Data -- Ch. 18. Qualitative Approaches to Data Collection and Interpretation -- Pt. 6. Populations and Sampling -- Ch. 19. Introduction: Key Concepts in Sampling -- Ch. 20. The Logic of Statistical Inference After Probability Sampling -- Ch. 21. Qualitative Approaches to Sampling -- Pt. 7. Clinical Research and Practice for Advanced Practice Nurses -- Ch. 22. Surveying: Making Use of Research Literature -- Ch. 23. Designing and Implementing Small-Scale Clinical Studies -- Ch. 24. Ethical Issues in Research Involving Human Subjects -- Ch. 25. Sources of Funding for Clinical Studies -- Ch. 26. Dissemination of Research Findings to Promote Changes in Practice and Policy -- App. A. Computation and Interpretation of Common Univariate Descriptive Statistics -- App. B. Estimating the Standard Error of a Mean Difference -- App. C. Random Numbers and Their Use
