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Explain which method or instrument you would use to gather data. Describe the sample size appropriate for the population and how you would select participants.

August 31, 2019 in /by

Data collection is an important part of both quantitative and qualitative research. Although the actual approach to gathering information may vary, for either research design, researchers need to plan in advance how the data will be gathered, reported, and stored, and they need to ensure that their methods are both reliable and valid. As nurses […]

acquire data somehow (audio/visual recordings of conversations, interviews of specific speakers/populations, corpus, literary text, informal text [think emails/text messages], etc.). You are welcome to work with the language(s) and dialect(s) of your choice, just be sure to explain and translate when necessary

August 31, 2019 in /by

This paper should be a “pilot research” on some topic discussed in class and/or in the readings. It may be a theoretical elaboration on the real-life experience you narrate in the first paper, or it may be on an unrelated topic. Scholarly apparatus is required. What does this all mean? Topic Choosing: It would behoove […]

Determine what question(s) the authors are trying to answer by doing this research

August 31, 2019 in /by

Read the article “Differential effects of a body image exposure session on smoking urge between physically active and sedentary female smokers,”and  identify the research questions and/or hypotheses as they are stated.  Consider the following questions: What are the variables (sample sizes,  population, treatments, etc.)?  What are the inferential statistics used  in this article?  Were the […]

Describe each ethical point in the Code of Ethics.

August 31, 2019 in /by

You have recently been promoted to Health Services Manager at Three Mountains Regional Hospital, a small hospital located in a mid-size city in the Midwest. Three Mountains is a general medical and surgical facility with 400 beds. Last year there were approximately 62,000 emergency visits and 15,000 admissions. More than 6,000 outpatient and 10,000 inpatient […]