PART ONE: PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH IN HEALTH CARE Evidence-Based Practice and Research - Jo Rycroft-Malone Creating a Research-Based Culture in Healthcare Practice - Joyce Wilkinson The Research Journey - Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead and Becky Hall Paradigms and Philosophies - Mike Thomas Qualitative Research - Ann Bryan Quantitative Research - Charlotte Eost-Telling Mixed Methods Research - Dawn Freshwater Evaluation Research - David Coyle Service User-Led Research - Aidan Worsley Systematic Reviews - Alan Pearson Longitudinal Research - Elisabetta Ruspini Writing Research Bids - Neville J Ford with case study by Jean Mannix PART TWO: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Action Research - Chris Whitney-Cooper Case Study Research - Andy Lovell Ethnography - Annette McIntosh-Scott with case study by Jenni Templeman Ethnomethodology - Tom Mason Feminist Research - Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead Grounded Theory - Maureen Deacon Hermeneutics - Dean Garret Historical Research - Pat Starkey Narrative Research - David Coyle Observational Research - Sandra Flynn Phenomenology - David Coyle Symbolic Interactionsim - Robin James Smith Vignette Research - Dave Mercer Visual Research - Jan Woodhouse PART THREE: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Experimental Design - Roger Watson Quasi-Experimental Design - Vimal and Nikhil Sharma Survey Research - Simon Alford Hypotheses - Stephen Fallows Measurement Instruments - Andrew Mitchell Statistics: Descriptive - Debbie Robertson Statistics: Inferential - Mike Morris Questionnaire Construction - Liane Hayes Use of Databases - Nicholas Syrotiuk PART FOUR: THE RESEARCH PROCESS Literature Review - Helen Aveyard with case study by Julie Dulson Research Design and Method - Annette McIntosh-Scott with case study by Vicky Ridgway Research Ethics - Martin Johnson Data Collection and Management - Mary Steen Data Analysis - Elizabeth Harlow Presentation and Discussion of Results - Janice Gidman Dissemination of Findings - Michael Hellenbach.