...Identifying a Researchable Problem Marilynn Kirk Walden University NURS 6052N, Section 22, Essentials of Evidence-Based Practice December, 2015 Identifying a Researchable Problem: PICOT Question Researchers identify a research problem based on a topic of interest. The problem is then researched to solve it. In nursing practice research problems is the basis for evidence-based practice (EBP). “Evidence obtained from the study should have potential to contribute meaningfully to nursing practice” (Polit& Beck, 2012, p77). The purpose of this paper is to summarize an area of interest, identify a problem, and explain the significance of this problem for nursing practice. Area of Interest and Identification of Problem “Key criteria in assessing a research problem are that the problem should be clinically significant; researchable; feasible; and of personal interest” (Polit& Beck, 2012, p 92). The area of interest I chose was the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). The PACU is a specialty area that recovers post-anesthesia patients. The patients in the PACU have received some form of anesthetic agent and require close monitoring. Close monitoring is required...
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...value assessments influence the process for proposing research and, ultimately, research design. 4. What is included in research design, data collection, data analysis, and reporting. 5. Research process problems to solve. CHAPTER Lecture Notes THE RESEARCH PROCESS Stage 1: Clarifying the Research Question • The management-research question hierarchy process of sequential question formulation leads a manager or researcher from management dilemma to investigative questions. • The process begins with the management dilemma—the problem or opportunity that requires a business decision. • The management dilemma is usually a symptom of an actual problem, such as: □ Rising costs. □ The discovery of an expensive chemical compound that would increase the efficacy of a drug. □ Increasing tenant move-outs from an apartment complex. □ Declining sales. □ A larger number of product defects during the manufacture of an automobile. □ An increasing number of letters and phone complaints about postpurchase service • The management dilemma can also be triggered by an early signal of an opportunity or growing evidence that a fad may be gaining staying power. □ Identifying management dilemmas is rarely difficult. □ Choosing one dilemma on which to focus may be difficult. □ Choosing incorrectly may result in a waste of time and resources. □ Experienced managers claim...
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...1. Ch.1 - 8 -- As area sales manager for a company manufacturing and marketing outboard engines, you have been assigned the responsibility of conducting a research study to estimate the sales potential of your products in the domestic (U.S. or Canadian) market. Discuss key issues and concerns arising from the fact that you, the manager, are also the researcher. Key issues and concerns 1. The key issues and concerns relating to any research project such as to estimate the sales potential in the domestic market, first points to the issue of defining the purpose of the research, the area sales manager or researcher must distinguish between symptoms of organizations problem regarding the manufacturing and marketing of the outboard engines, the manager’s perception of the problem, and the research problem (Cooper, & Schindler, 2011, p. 13). Conner (1997) also posited the importance of building market research plan by starting the process with a clear statement of the decisions one have to make.(Conner, 1997, p. H15) The purpose of the research should be clearly stated followed by the research process detail. 2. Figuring out the research process detail, the researcher or the manager should provide complete research proposal (Cooper, & Schindler, 2011, p. 13). 3. Research design thoroughly planned would require the manager to ensure exploratory procedures outlined with constructs defined. Sample unit clearly described along with sampling...
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...Business research methods Name Institution There are different types of issues that are said to be accompanied by the research process and are inclusive of the decision making process which comprises of the favored-technique syndrome. Following that some of the researches that are carried out are method bound, there always tend to be a problem with the management who want their methodology of research to be followed failure to which they become uncomfortable with the research undertaken. The management has to provide a technique of handling the research since this aid in determining if the research can be carried out (Bell, 2005). On the other side, a manager tend to have issue following the fact that some fields were created for some specific reasons and those reason may not be compatible with the management research question. However, in most cases not all the management issues are researchable and not all the research questions can also be answered and this becomes an issue that is said to happen in research process. Some management problems are very complicated and prove to be intractable to traditional form of analysis which becomes an issue to the research process which is slowed down. In this case research can not be handled with accuracy following the existence of the many interrelated facets which also reduces the susceptibility of attack from the quantitative research methods. The urge to attain genuine politically motivated research information is an issue that managers...
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...approval obtained from the agency in which the study was conducted? 1. Assessing study tools. 2. Addressing ethical issues. III. Data collection methods, their critique, potential biases and ethical issues thereof. * Are the major variables (independent and dependent variables) identified and defined? What were these variables? * How were data collected in this study? * What rationale did the author provide for using this data collection method? * Identify the time period for data collection of the study. * Describe the sequence of data collection events for a participant. IV. Problem statement: 1. Problem statement is clearly stated. 2. Provides justification for the study. 3. Topic is significant to nursing. 4. Topic of study is researchable. V. Data analysis and data management: * Describe the data management and analysis methods used in the study. * Did the author discuss how the rigor of the process was assured? For example, does the author describe maintaining a paper trail of critical decisions that were made during the analysis of the data? Was statistical software used to ensure...
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...Business research methods Name Institution There are different types of issues that are said to be accompanied by the research process and are inclusive of the decision making process which comprises of the favored-technique syndrome. Following that some of the researches that are carried out are method bound, there always tend to be a problem with the management who want their methodology of research to be followed failure to which they become uncomfortable with the research undertaken. The management has to provide a technique of handling the research since this aid in determining if the research can be carried out (Bell, 2005). On the other side, a manager tend to have issue following the fact that some fields were created for some specific reasons and those reason may not be compatible with the management research question. However, in most cases not all the management issues are researchable and not all the research questions can also be answered and this becomes an issue that is said to happen in research process. Some management problems are very complicated and prove to be intractable to traditional form of analysis which becomes an issue to the research process which is slowed down. In this case research can not be handled with accuracy following the existence of the many interrelated facets which also reduces the susceptibility of attack from the quantitative research methods. The urge to attain genuine politically motivated research information is an issue that managers...
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...MGMT 591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Project Proposal Workforce Diversity and Performance [Type the author name] MGMT 591 Professor: Tyson Moore Ph.D. 7/21/13 OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATION The organization that will be my topic of discussion for my project paper is Jons Marketplace. I would like to specify that I am not part of this organization; 98 percent of my life I was on my own, but I do have a relative working there as a manager. As a brief overview of the organization that I have chosen for my topic, I can say that this organization was founded in 1977 as a family-owned supermarket chain in southern California. Their approach is “Everyone knows that no two snowflakes are alike, so why should neighborhood markets be? (No trick question here: they shouldn’t.) Our sentiment exactly. We’ve created our stores to be as unique and special as our customers. That’s why we’ve adapted each JONS market – each store layout, each building design, each product offering – to the needs and preferences of its specific community. In each case we’ve worked hard to gather so many different types of general grocery items and international items under one roof, so you can spend less time searching for the foods you love – and more time savoring them.” Well, I like that. This approach is showing exactly some things about diversity in general and about their diversity workforce. And here it comes what we call work force diversity, according to their website:...
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...Article Critique #1 Problem, Purpose, Hypotheses, Research questions Molly Faust University of Tennessee- College of Nursing The purpose of this paper is to analyze and critique the research study conducted by Hersch et al. (2016). This study is about stress in the nursing occupation. The independent variables, clearly stated in the title, are the web-based program (BREATHE) and stress, and the dependent variables are nurse burnout and patient care. The population tested were nurses. The researchers were analyzing the effects of a web-based program (BREATHE) designed to relieve stress in nurses. If web-based programs are effective, then these can be used as an intervention to decrease stress among nurses. Problem, Purpose, Hypotheses, Research Questions The problem of stress within the nursing occupation was clearly stated in the beginning of the background section. It is clear because they list all the stresses with nursing, and there have been several studies conducted over the past 25 years on this topic. They began the background section very broad by identifying that nursing stress is prevalent and that many studies have been done over the past several years, but they ended the section by narrowing down their specific focus to web-based program (BREATHE) helping to relieve nursing stress. This problem is significant because all nurses experience stress, and when nurses are stressed patient care can be compromised. Nurse burnout can be an unfortunate outcome of nursing...
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...Xerox's Dilemma Oldair J. Silva, Anthony Chavez, Steven Garcia, Marybelle Apuan 351/RES April 23, 2015 Victor Ornelas Xerox's Dilemma Xerox has long been known for the copiers and printers they manufacture, but in recent years they have branched out to other endeavors. One such endeavor is call centers. The call center located in El Paso, Texas has a contract with COX Communications. They handle billing, technical, and retention calls for the cable, Internet, and phone provider. The call centers are normally a lucrative operation for Xerox. Under certain conditions though, Xerox can lose money in the call centers. The biggest revenue killer is overstaffing. “Whatever the purpose of research, a problem must exist in order to justify an investigation of the phenomena within the environment” (Trewatha & Holliday, 2015). Xerox’s loss of revenue due to overstaffing is a substantial issue that merits research to find a solution. To understand how Xerox loses money in overstaffing situations, we must first discuss how Cox Communications pays Xerox and how Xerox pays its call agents. Xerox pays their agents whenever they are logged into their phones, whether they are actually on a call or just waiting for a call to come in. Arden Pease, an operations manager at Xerox, mentioned “Cox Communications only pays Xerox when an agent is actually on a call. So when an agent is on a call, COX pays Xerox and Xerox pays the agent. When an agent is not on a call Xerox is paying the agent...
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...HEALTH RESEARCH AGENDA SETTING IN REGION 2 Center for Health Development for Cagayan Valley (CHD-CV) Department of Science and Technology (DOST) National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) FOREWORD The current thrust of the Department Of Health conceptualized by no less than the Hon. Secretary Himself, Dr. Francisco T. Duque, III, coined as FOURmulaONE aims to “undertake critical reforms with SPEED, PRECISION and EFFECTIVE COORDINATION directed at improving the efficiency, effectiveness and equity of the Philippine Health System in a manner that is felt and appreciated by the Filipinos, especially the poor”. Now, more than ever, the health of the Filipino people should not be the sole responsibility of DOH through CHD-CV (as initial chair of the Regional R&D Coordinating Council of the consortium) rather the unified efforts of allied agencies/institutions, NGOs and most importantly, the individual himself. Unfortunately, many areas in the country, Region 02 included, have little or no access to information that affect the environment and people’s health. As a consequence, people live their lives without the benefit of some precautions that they may observe in order to safeguard their well-being. It is in this light that through the stewardship of PCHRD, through its Executive Director Jaime C. Montoya and DOST Regional office through Dir. Rustico B. Santos, DOHCHD-CV through Dir. Purita S. Danga and her Asst. Dir.,Dr. Tita N. Callueng; NEDA. Dir Milagros Rimando;...
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...Introduction We are now living in a BETTER world, a world where ignorance but truth and understanding is at trend. This could be recognize as the fruits of research; leading to better predictions, and better understanding of the world we live in. In education, we could identify research with a better understanding of the individual, and better understanding and improvement of the teaching and learning process and in other circumstances in which it is most fruitfully carried on. II. Objectives: At the end of this activity, it is expected that students will be able to: 1. Define research and educational research. 2. Differentiate research from educational research. 3. Give the uses of research in education. 4. List researchable topics in education. III. Write ups/ instruction: 1. Obtain at least 5 definitions of research from different authors. Compare these definitions and synthesize your own definition of research. 2. From three different authors, copy the meaning of educational research. Synthesize your own definition by referring to the definition obtained. 3. Differentiate research from educational research. 4. Give the uses of research in education. 5. List down five topics in education which you think need research. IV. Answers: 1. Five (5) definitions of research from different authors. i. “Research is the continuous discovery and exploration of unknown. It entails an investigation of new facts leading to the...
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...disclaimers that apply to the book pertain. Please site this article as: Notteboom, T. and Van Laeken, F., (2006). Challenges facing maritime education and research in a changing environment: Implications for ITMMA. In: Notteboom, T. (Ed.), Ports are more than piers. pp. 275-286. Liber Amicorum Willy Winkelmans, Antwerp: De Lloyd. This article was uploaded to www.porteconomics.eu On: 19/01/2010 Porteconomics.eu is a non-profit, web-based initiative aiming to advance knowledge exchange on seaport studies. Developed by researchers affiliated to various academic institutions throughout Europe, it provides freely accessible research, education and network-building material on critical issues of port economics, management and policies. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MANUSCRIPT Notteboom, Van Laeken – Maritime education and research Challenges facing maritime education and research in a changing environment: implications for ITMMA Theo Notteboom Frank Van Laeken 1 | The key role and unique nature of the maritime industry Shipping has always been seen as much more than a means of transport. It is linked to broader concepts of technology and growth. History taught us that the most advanced nations are also those who navigate the most. Shipping has shaped and...
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...Closing entries are journal entries made at the end of an accounting period which transfer the balances of temporary accounts to permanent accounts. Closing entries are based on the account balances in an adjusted trial balance and the reason closing entries are prepare is when the revenue, expense, and drawing accounts, Dividend, Drawings or Withdrawals Accounts, Income Summary Account(the temporary accounts) are closed, their balance returns to zero in preparation for the new accounting period. Trial balance is the process of totaling the debits and credits in your chart of account, then making sure that the sum of all debits equals the sum of all credits — that the two amounts balance. The purpose of trial balance is to assist in the identification and rectification of errors and to ensures that the account balances are accurately extracted from accounting ledgers Profitability can be evaluated in two ways, also two of the metrics are profit margin and return on assets. Profit margin tells you how much profit a business makes for every dollar in sales,while return on asset measures the ratio of a company's net income to its total asset base. Comparing both of these numbers to that of competitors and the industry average can help you evaluate the profitability of your company. Profit margin is a measure of profitability and it is calculated by finding the net profit as a percentage of the revenue. Profit margin = Net profit / Revenue. The return on assets measures...
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...Research Defined * A systematic attempt to provide answers to questions or problems. It is a “scientific study”. * The manner in which men solve the knotty problems in their attempt to push back the frontiers of human ignorance. Characteristics of Research 1. Research begins with a question in the mind of the researcher. 2. Research requires q plan. 3. Research demands a clear statement of the problem. 4. Research deals with the main problem through subproblems. 5. Research seeks direction through appropriate hypotheses. 6. Research deals with facts and their meaning. 7. Research is circular. Purposes and Goals of Research 1. To discover new facts about known phenomena. 2. To find answers to problems which are only partially solved by existing methods and information. 3. Improve existing techniques and develop new instruments or product. 4. TO discover previously unrecognized substances or elements. 5. Discover pathways of action of known substances and elements. 6. To order related, valid generalizations into systematized science. 7. To provide basis for decision making in business, industry, education, government, and in other undertakings. 8. To satisfy the researcher’s curiosity. 9. To find answers to queries by means of scientific methods. 10. To acquire a better and deeper understanding about one phenomenon. 11. To expand or verify existing knowledge. The Research Process Research holds...
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...Is Wikipedia a Credible and Valid Source of Information? Management 521 July 25, 2011 Is Wikipedia a Credible and Valid Source of Information? Abstract Team A debated on whether Wikipedia is a credible and valid source of information. The team was divided into two groups, one side for and one side against. Among the five team members only one (the author) sided for Wikipedia as a credible and valid source. The debate lasted for seven days. Great points were raised by each team members to prove what they sided for. Is Wikipedia a credible and valid source of information? Wikipedia is an online source of information; it is the counterpart of Britannica in the modern computer world. “Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us,” according to the study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica by Daniel Terdiman. The modern computer world brought major changes around us; it introduced a modern way of doing research through the evolution of Wikipedia. “If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain” (Stevenson Jr., 1900-1965). “Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, but it is not helpful in many ways. It is uncomfortable to use as source of information for both academic and professional writing because of the fact that anybody with access to the internet...
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