Understand the steps involved in doing a literature review Identify bibliographic aids for retrieving nursing research reports and locate references for a research topic Understand the process of screening, abstracting,…
Describe activities that qualitative researchers perform to manage and organize their data Discuss the procedures used to analyze qualitative data, including both general procedures and those used in ethnographic, phenomenologic,…
Discuss the rationale for an emergent design in qualitative research and describe qualitative design features Identify the major research traditions for qualitative research and describe the domain of inquiry of…
Discuss some controversies relating to the issue of quality in qualitative research Identify the quality criteria proposed in a major framework for evaluating quality and integrity in qualitative research Discuss…
Describe dimensions for interpreting quantitative research results Describe the mindset conducive to a critical interpretation of research results Identify approaches to an assessment of the credibility of quantitative results, and…
Describe the process of developing and refining a research problem Distinguish the functions and forms of statements of purpose and research questions for quantitative and qualitative studies Describe the function…
Describe the logic of sampling for qualitative studies Identify and describe several types of sampling in qualitative studies Evaluate the appropriateness of the sampling method and sample size used in…
Identify major characteristics of theories, conceptual models, and frameworks Identify several conceptual models or theories frequently used by nurse researchers Describe how theory and research are linked in quantitative and…
