Conceptual and pragmatic considerations in conducting a secondary analysis: An example from research of families

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-167

  Shepard, Margaret P ^b   Carroll, Ruth M ^b   Mahon, Margaret M ^b   Moriarty, Helene J ^b   Feetham, Suzanne L ^a   Deatrick, Janet A ^b   Orsi, Allen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTUAL DATABASE; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY; FAMILY NURSING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0033108240     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01939459922043802     Document Type: Article

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