Praise for the First Edition: • Completely updated and expanded with 11 new chapters • Includes an extensive data management toolkit with SPSS, Excel, and Tableau • Describes value-based purchasing and NDNQI measurement programs • Explains use of data sources to support the problem statement for the DNP project • Guides selection of quality measures • Provides best practices for collecting primary and secondary data • Offers strategic guidelines for institutional review board submission • Explains methods for risk adjustment in program and intervention monitoring • Explores predictive a nalytics • Illustrates applications of big data for the DNP • Describes Magnet requirements for measuring quality improvement • Provides extensive content for rigorously evaluating DNP innovations/projects • Takes DNP students through the complete process of data management from planning through presentation • Includes a progressive case study illustrating multiple techniques and methods • Offers very specific examples of application and utility of techniques • Delivers supplemental materials, including sample data set case studies in SPSS and Excel formats, exercises, PowerPoint slides, and more