Is there a framework to help the nursing researcher make sense of the wide variety of research methods now available?
Is there a context in which the research designer can consider which method is most appropriate to her or his specific
study, given the research topic and the extent of research that has gone before? The answer to both of these questions
is an emphatic yes!--as seen in this second edition of Pamela J. Brink and Marilynn J. WoodÆs seminal work,
Advanced Design in Nursing Research. Using the principle that "the level of knowledge available on a research
topic determines the level of design that can be used to study that topic," the authors clearly and succinctly
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, authoritative 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.
Advanced Design in Nursing Research, Second Edition provides not only a context for design decision making, but
an orientation and point of departure for the research design process itself. These features make this volume an
excellent text for advanced-level nursing students and a superb library addition for the researcher or clinician
desiring a comprehensive self reference on research design.
Table of Contents
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
I. Introduction
1. Introduction P. J. Brink & M. J. Wood
2. Experimental Designs K. C. Buckwalter & M. L. Maas
3. Quasi-Experimental Designs M. L. Maas & K. C. Buckwalter
4. Within-Subjects Designs: J. Lander
5. Evaluative Designs M. J. Wood
II. Survey Designs
6. Comparative Designs M. J. Wood & P. J. Brink
7. Correlational Designs M. J. Wood & P. J. Brink
8. Structural Equation Modeling P. A. Ratner, J. L. Bottorff & J. L. Johnson
9. Epidemiological Designs J. C. Meininger
10. Methodological Studies: Instrument Development M. H. Mischel
III. Exploratory-Descriptive Designs
11. Descriptive Designs P. J. Brink & M. J. Wood
12. Exploratory Designs P. J. Brink
13. Qualitative Research P. Munhal
14. Historical Research L. K. Glass
15. The Pilot Study N. R. Lackey & A. L. Wingate
