Routledge International Handbook of Advanced Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research

Part 1: The Domain of Nursing Science 1. The Domain of Nursing Science Patricia A. Grady and Jessica M. McIlvane 2. Theorising in Nursing Science Susan J Henly Part 2: Measurement 3. Classical Test Theory Klaas Sijtsma 4. Clinimetrics Henrica de Vet and Anna Beurskens 5. Item Response Theory: A Statistical Theory of Measurement Based on Fungible Items Peter Baldwin and Howard Wainer 6. Behavioral Observation Tondi M Harrison 7. Biophysical Observation Ulf G Bronas and Diane Treat-Jacobson Part 3: Prediction and Explanation 8. Structural Equation Modeling Sarah J. Schmiege and Angela D Bryan 9. General Growth Mixture Models Sarah A Stoddard 10. Multilevel Models Ulrike Grittner and Nils Lahmann 11. Analysis of Dynamic Systems: The Modeling of Change and Variability Pascal R Deboeck and Steven M Boker Part 4: Experimental and Quasi-experimental Design 12. Theory-based Nursing Interventions Souraya Sidani and Julie Fleury 13. Pilot Studies for Randomized Clinical Trials Nancy Feeley and Sylvie Cossette 14. Causality in Experiments and Observational Studies Donald B Rubin and Elizabeth R Zell 15. Quasi-experimental Design in Nursing Research Patricia Eckardt and David Rindskopf 16. Third Variables: Scientific Meanings and Modeling in Non-randomized Studies Donna L Coffman 17. Joint Models for Longitudinal Data and Time-to-event Occurrence Yue Liu and Lei Liu Part 5: E-science Methods 18. Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom Nancy Staggers and Ramona Nelson 19. Big Data in Nursing Research Bonnie L Westra, Karen A Monsen and Connie W Delaney 20. Data Mining and Data Visualization Krzysztof J Cios and Dat T Nguyen 21. Genomic, Transcriptomic, Epigenomic, and Proteomic Approaches Yvette P Conley 22. A Survey of Sources of Noise in FMRI Douglas N. Greve, Gregory G. Brown, Bryon A. Mueller, Gary Glover, Thomas T. Liu, and the Functional Biomedical Research Network Part 6: Applications and Special Topics 23. Comparative Effectiveness Research and Meta-analysis Nicky Cullum and Jo Dumville 24. Patient Safety Research: Methodological Challenges Sean P Clarke and Maria Schubert 25. Economic Evaluations for Nursing Research Mayuko Uchida and Patricia W Stone 26. Mixed Methods Louise Doyle 27. Global Generation and Dissemination of Nursing Science Molly C Dougherty and Nalini Jairath