An overview of research designs relevant to nursing: Part 1: quantitative research designs

Authors

  • Valmi D. Sousa University of North Carolina at Charlotte; College of Health and Human Services
  • Martha Driessnack University of Iowa; College of Nursing
  • Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000300022

Keywords:

research, nursing research, quantitative analysis, methodology, nursing

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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Published

2007-06-01

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2007)

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An overview of research designs relevant to nursing: Part 1: quantitative research designs. (2007). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 15(3), 502-507. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000300022