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An overview of research designs relevant to nursing: Part 1: Quantitative research designs
Valmi D Sousa1, Martha Driessnack, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes
1College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America. vdsousa@uncc.edu
Abstract:
This three part series of articles provides a brief overview of relevant research designs in nursing. The first article in the series presents the most frequently used quantitative research designs. Strategies for non-experimental and experimental research designs used to generate and refine nursing knowledge are described. In addition, the importance of quantitative designs and the role they play in developing evidence-based practice are discussed. Nursing care needs to be determined by the results of sound research rather than by clinical preferences or tradition.
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