Research
Research Tools - Books
In this section we have differentiated books into the following categories:
- General research methods
- Useful tools for critical appraisal
- Statistics
- Qualitative methods
- Questionnaire design and choosing questionnaires
- Design of evaluation
- Writing grant applications and resources
Bell J, Doing
your Research Project - A guide for first time researchers in education
and social science, 3rd edition. Open University Press, 1999
Bowling A, Research Methods in Health. Investigating Health and Health
Services. Open University Press, 1997
Carter Y, Thomas C, Drury M, Research methods in Primary Care, Radcliffe
Medical Press, London, 1996
Crombie IK, Davies HTO. Research in Health Care. Design Conduct and
Interpretation of Health Services Research. John Wiley & Sons, 1997
Howie JGR, Research in General Practice, Chapman and Hall, London, 1989
McIntosh J, (ed) Research Issues in Community Nursing. Macmillan Press
Ltd, 1999
Useful tools for critical appraisal
Hawker S,
Payne S, Kerr C, Hardey M, Powell J. Appraising the evidence: reviewing
disparate data systematically. Qualitative Health Research 2002; 12:
1284-1299.
Noblit GW, Hare DW. Meta-ethnography: synthesizing qualitative studies.
(Qualitative Research methods. Sage University Paper 11) Newbury Park,
California: Sage, 1988.
Popay J, Rogers A, Williams G. Rationale and standards for the systematic
review of qualitative literature in health services research. Qualitative
Health research 1998; 8:341-351.
Mays N, Pope C. Assessing
quality in qualitative research. British Medical Journal 2000; 320:
50-52 University of Salford. Health Care Practice Research and Development
Unit. Evaluation Tool for Quantitative Research Studies. 2001
A copy of the article can be downloaded [PDF 521KB].
Evaluation Tool for Qualitative Research Studies. 2001
www.fhsc.salford.ac.uk/hcprdu/tools/qualitative.htm
The RCN has published a booklet on research ethics for nurses which
is a revision of the previous versions in 1998, 1993 and 1977. RCN members
can obtain a hard copy of this free publication by phoning RCN Direct,
Tel: 08457-726 100 or in .pdf format at www.man.ac.uk/rcn/rs/ethics.htm
Armitage P
and Berry G, Statistical Methods in Medical Research. Blackwell Scientific
Publications, Edinburgh, 1994
Campbell M J and Machin D, Medical Statistics. A commonsense approach.
Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1999
Gardner M J, Altman DG, Machin D and Bryant TN, Statistics with confidence.
London: BMA, 1999
Kinnear PR, and Gray CD, SPSS for Windows Made Simple. Psychology Press
Ltd. Hove, East Sussex, 2000
Kirkwood, B R. Essentials of medical statistics. Oxford : Blackwell
Scientific, 1988
Barbour RS,
Kitzinger J, eds. Developing focus group research: politics, theory
and practice. Sage, London, 1999.
Bryman A, Burgess RG, eds. Analyzing qualitative data. Routledge, London
1994.
Kreuger RA, Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research. Sage.
Thousand Oaks, CA, 1994
Mason J. Qualitative Researching. Sage, London, 1996
Miller G. Dingwall R, eds. Context and method in qualitative research.
Sage, London, 1997.
Seale C. 'The Quality of Qualitative Research', Sage, London, 1999
Silverman D. Doing Qualitative Research: a practical handbook. Sage,
London, 2000
Silverman D. Interpreting qualitative data: methods for analysing talk,
text and interaction. Sage, London, 1994
Questionnaire design and choosing questionnaires
Bowling A, Measuring Disease. Open University Press, 2001
Bowling A, Measuring Health. A review of quality of life measurement
scales. Open University Press, 1997
Oppenheim AN, Questionnaire, Design, Interviewing and Attitude Measurement.
Pinter Publishers, 1992
Wilken, D. Hallum L. Doggett MA. Measures of Need and Outcome for Primary
Health Care. Oxford Medical Publications, 1992
Donner A and
Klar NS, Design and analysis of cluster randomization trials in health
research. Arnold, 2000
Fitzpatrick R, Hopkins A, Measurement of Patients' satisfaction with
their care. RCP Publications, London, 1993
Pawson R, Tilley N. Realistic Evaluation. Sage Publications, 1998
Pocock SJ, Clinical trials: A practical approach. Chichester: John Wiley
& Sons, 1996
Writing grant applications and resources
Carter Y, and Swales J, Research Opportunities in Primary Care. Radcliffe
Medical Press. Abingdon, 1999
Crombie I K, du V Florey C, The Pocket Guide to Grant Applications,
BMJ Books, 1998
