SCSU Hilton C. Buley Library: *Nursing*: Using Instruments

Readings and guides for research

BMJ published a series of articles on doing questionnaire-based research in 2004 (first 3 links). They are short, but useful. The rest of the links are additional articles, sites, and tutorials.

Selecting, designing, and developing your questionnaire
Boynton PM, Greenhalgh T. BMJ. 2004 May 29;328(7451):1312-5.
Administering, analysing, and reporting your questionnaire
Boynton PM. BMJ. 2004 Jun 5;328(7452):1372-5. Review. No abstract available. Erratum in: BMJ. 2004 Aug 7;329(7461):323.
Reaching beyond the white middle classes
Boynton PM, Wood GW, Greenhalgh T. BMJ. 2004 Jun 12;328(7453):1433-6
Online QDA
An online "course" on Qualitative Data Analysis
ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) Browser
Standardization of classification and coding make comparing studies much easier. The World Health Organization has an international standard for coding which covers body functions, body structures, activities & participation, and environmental factors.
OBSSR e-Source
An e-book with 20 interactive chapters with answers to methodological questions on behavioral and social science research
Statistical Reasoning | Open Learning Initiative
Need a stats review? This free online course is the equivalent of a stats course, with an automated StatTutor program for online practice and review. You can review the whole course or individual sections without registering, though your work will not be saved. Also see Introductory Statistics from OpenStax, open (free) textbooks.
Subjective Well-Being: Measuring Happiness, Suffering, and Other Dimensions of Experience
A report of the measurement and use of "well-being" in health research.
Copyright Restrictions Versus Open Access to Survey Instruments
The importance of getting permission to use an instrument.
Hays RD, Weech-Maldonado R, Teresi JA, Wallace SP, Stewart AL. Commentary: Copyright Restrictions Versus Open Access to Survey Instruments. Med Care. 2018 Feb;56(2):107-110. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000857. PubMed PMID: 29256974; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5766425

Research Handbooks and Guides

Book about Nursing Research, such as handbooks and guides, are available at the RT81.5 call number range in the library (in print and online) and under the Subject Heading "Nursing Research -- Methodology". A few selected resources are below:

Measurement in nursing and health research (online) by Waltz, Carolyn Feher et al
Publication Date: 2017
The book gives particular attention to measurement issues resulting from changes in nursing, health research, and the increased emphasis on and undertaking of interprofessional research and evaluation. Presenting the material in step-by-step format, the book is designed for readers with little or no experience in measurement, statistics, or interprofessional issues. It focuses on increasing the reader's ability to use measures that are operationalized within the context of theories and conceptual frameworks, derived from sound measurement principles and practices and adequately tested for reliability and validity
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (online) by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick; Meredith Wallace Kazer
Call Number: SCSU Web Resource RT81.5 .E53 2012eb
ISBN: 0826107516
Publication Date: 2011
Introduction to Nursing Research (online) by Carol Boswell; Sharon Cannon
Call Number: SCSU Web Resource RT81.5 .I5844 2011eb
Publication Date: 2011
Routledge International Handbook of Qualitative Nursing Research (print) by Cheryl Tatano Beck (Editor)
Call Number: SCSU Stacks RT81.5 .R68 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Statistics and Data Analysis for Nursing Research (print) by Denise F. Polit; Eileen Lake
Call Number: SCSU Stacks RT81.5 .P62 2010
Publication Date: 2009
E-Source (online book) by Office of Behavioral & Social Sciences Research
20 interactive chapters with answers to methodological questions on behavioral and social science research
Nursing Research: Reading, Using and Creating Evidence (print) by Janet Houser
Call Number: SCSU Stacks RT81.5 .H72 2015
Publication Date: 2013