...asking an answerable question, acquiring the evidence, appraising the evidence, applying the evidence and assessing the process Liamputtong (2010), will be critically analysed in this essay. An encounter of qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, and how Sam can apply the evidence generated from a quantitative approach to evidence based clinical practice will be detailed below. Evidence based practice can be defined as clinical decisions for individual patients derived from the most appropriate evidence available (Facchiano & Snyder, 2012). It is a nurse’s care of duty to use appropriate clinical practice that will best suit the needs of the patient. Implementation of EBP based on an understanding of research findings is a requirement of competency standards for Australian and New Zealand nurses and midwifes (Borbasi & Jackson, 2012). Sam noticed conflicting practices while watching a routine wound clean; tap water was used instead of saline solution by one of his fellow nurses. This made Sam begin to think about what evidence there was to support using water, or if the nurse should have used saline instead. Sam decided to research this topic further, which comprised of him asking a targeted question that he could then translate into research. The clinical question was defined using PICO(T) which Borbasi & Jackson (2012) define as “Patient or population, intervention of interest or interest area, comparison intervention or comparison interest area and outcome...
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...Annotated Bibliography: Quantitative Critique This assignment is an annotated bibliography on resources that Team C will use for the quantitative nursing critique that is due in week three. It should also be noted that some of sources from this annotated bibliography will also be applicable for the qualitative nursing critique that is due in week five. Coughlan, M., Cronin, P., Ryan, F. (2007), Step-by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 1: Quantitative research. British Journal of Nursing, 16(11), 658-663. This article provides a step-by-step approach to understanding research terminology and provides the nurses with a basis for understanding quantitative research. The article points out that being able to read nursing research is the first step in incorporating evidence based best practices into nursing care. As referred to in the article, each stage of the process must be thoroughly examined and this article walks the inexperienced nurse through the process. Duffy, J. R. (2005). Critically appraising quantitative research. Nursing & Health Sciences, 7(4), 281-283. doi:10.1111/j.1442-2018.2005.00248.x Critical appraisal of quantitative research is important to evidence-based practice. It allows a clinician to determine whether a study is scientifically rigorous. This article describes critical appraisal as a careful process of judging the worth of a quantitative study that guide clinical decisions, as well as a structured approach for understanding the...
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...Week 1 Chapter 1: The selection of a research design Three types of design: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods. Although it is difficult to separate the first two, often a research study tends to be more quantitative than qualitative or vice versa. Mixed methods is somewhere in the middle, a combination of both qualitative and quantitative methods. In detail: Qualitative research is about exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem. Quantitative research is a means for testing objective theories, deriving hypotheses from these theories, and examining the relationship among variables. Mixed methods research associates both research design. Often, in qualitative research, the researcher needs to interpret the data (evidence) collected during the research process. The final report may have a flexible structure. With quantitative research, the final report is more or less structured; introduction, literature survey and theory, data description, methods, results and discussion (for future research). These models pretty much cover the available areas to researchers in selecting the type of research design. In each research design, it helps to identify, list and associate the three components of the research design. The first component is the way the research views the problem of interest. This is called under different names, research paradigm, epistemologies (the origin) and ontologies (how you know what you know), etc...
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...Details: Conduct a literature search to locate research articles focused on a practice problem of interest. This literature search should include both quantitative and qualitative peer research articles to support your practice problem or issue of interest in 350-750 words. Identify six peer research articles which will be utilized through the next 5 weeks as reference sources. Create a reference list in which the six articles are listed. Beneath each reference include the article's abstract. The completed assignment should have a title page and a reference list with abstracts. Suggestions for locating qualitative and quantitative research articles from credible sources: 1. Use a library database such as CINAHL Complete for your search. 2. Using the advanced search page check the box beside "Research Article" in the "Limit Your Results" section. 3. When setting up the search you can type your topic in the top box, then add quantitative or qualitative as a search term in one of the lower boxes. Research articles often are described as qualitative or quantitative. To narrow/broaden your search, remove the words qualitative and quantitative and include words that narrow or broaden your main topic. For example: Diabetes and pediatric and dialysis. To determine what research design was used, review the abstract and the methods section of the article. The author will provide a description of data collection using qualitative or quantitative methods. Prepare this assignment according...
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...HCS 465- Health Care Research Utilization Evaluating the Research Process Class Group: BSDD10S8G8 University of Phoenix Online Professor: Donald Steacy December 5, 2011 Literature Review The literature review is based upon an effort to search for and obtain information relative to a study for the purpose of offering a critical appraisal (Flores, Win, Susilo, 2010). The literature review used in this article examines how patient's right to privacy terms be violated and how biometric technologies can ease or eliminate the consequences related. The literature review details how the implementation of biometric technologies can be important for identification, verification, and for compliance with patient privacy laws. Literatures used in this study were obtained through proQuest databases from Walden University, and from professional journals, business publications, technical reports, newspaper articles, and EBSCO-host online databases. The author of the research study also obtained information from related areas of research, and from doctorial dissertations of the same subject. Ethical considerations for data collection Ethical consideration given to the data that was collected for this study, was the insurance that all information obtained by participants would be shared only with their written consent and by select individuals affiliated with the study; as well as blinding all identifying information...
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...Iowa State University Digital Repository @ Iowa State University Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate College 2014 A review of studies on luxury hotels over the past two decades Yin Chu Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Advertising and Promotion Management Commons, Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Home Economics Commons, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Commons, and the Marketing Commons Recommended Citation Chu, Yin, "A review of studies on luxury hotels over the past two decades" (2014). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 13913. This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at Digital Repository @ Iowa State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Repository @ Iowa State University. For more information, please contact hinefuku@iastate.edu. A review of studies on luxury hotels over the past two decades by Yin Chu A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Major: Hospitality Management Program of Study Committee: Liang (Rebecca) Tang, Major Professor Tianshu Zheng Fatma Baytar Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2014 Copyright © Yin Chu, 2014. All rights reserved. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES ....
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...Comparison of 3 methodological approaches undertaken in 3 Research studies on Airline Industry Introduction In this research paper, methodological approaches of 3 different peer reviewed tourism journal articles from the journal “Tourism Management” have been compared. The first article is on the topic of changing gender representation in airline/aviation industry. This research study has identified the trends related to gender representation in airline industry have been discussed. In this article, the influence of different media such as contemporary electronic, celluloid and print has been discussed and the role of media in affecting life as well as career choices especially from the perspective of gender is conferred. According to the article, e-media imagery holds more power than ever before to influence life, especially career choices of a person. New generation especially now take their input from the imagery shown on the media in making their career decision and media has played an important role in helping women to gain more representation in careers that were previously dominant by the their male counterparts. According to the article, e-media imagery holds more power than ever before to influence life, especially career choices of a person. New generation especially now take their input from the imagery shown on the media in making their career decision and media has played an important role in helping women to gain more representation in careers that were...
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...Understanding Business Research Cherise Tholmer RES/351 June 20, 2015 Dr. Linda Wright Understanding Business Research Business research is “a systematic inquiry that provides information to guide managerial decisions” (Cooper & Schindler, 2014, p. 4). When making business decisions, it is imperative that the researcher is clear on the terms that are being used. There are different methods that are applied to conduct the research that vary from topic to topic. Many researchers sometimes use the wrong research method to when conducting business research because they do not understand what method and variables to use. This paper will explore two different articles, one using quantitative research methods and one using qualitative research methods, evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and how they can be used more effectively when combined. Quantitative research “attempts precise measurement of something”(Cooper & Schindler, 2014, p. 146) that in business research “methodologies usually measure consumer behavior, knowledge, opinions or attitudes” ” (Cooper & Schindler, 2014, p. 146). Article one titled Assessing the Effectiveness of Mental Health Courts: A Quantitative Review is a study where meta-analytic techniques are used to answer the main objective which is “to provide a clearer picture as to whether mental health courts are an empirically efficacious intervention for a significant health and criminological problem” (Sarteschi, Vaughn, & Kim, 2011, para...
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...Rottmann, Sacks, and Reeve (2015) uses comparative analysis of qualitative data, which they collected through nine focus groups and seven interviews. Beck (2014) utilize a mixed methods methodology to try and determine what predicts servant leadership behaviors. This research was conducted because one of the major problems with servant leadership is the lack of empirical research conducted in this area. The mixed method research model was used because the researcher did not believe that only a qualitative or quantitative research study would give a complete picture of the topic. The researcher selected the servant leadership questionnaire (SLQ), which was divided into two parts. I have been familiar with qualitative, quantitative and the mixed...
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...Section III. Choice of Research Method: Quantitative, Qualitative or Mixed? The selection of data analysis techniques to deal with research questions or hypotheses and the techniques chosen for the data collection is informed and guided by what we call the research method. Hence, research method is a procedure, and also the analytical techniques to be chosen and the methods to be chosen will also be dictated by the choices of the methodologies made and by the theoretical framework (Sumner and Tribe, 2008). Research methods for knowledge claim and strategies is of three types: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. In quantitative method, a positivist claims is used as a tool for the researcher to investigate primarily for knowledge....
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...Biomedical scientists’ perception of the social sciences in health research* Mathieu Albert a,*, Suzanne Laberge b, Brian D. Hodges a, Glenn Regehr a, Lorelei Lingard a a b University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ´ ´ ´ Available online 11 March 2008 Abstract The growing interest in interdisciplinary research within the Canadian health sciences sector has been manifested by initiatives aimed at increasing the involvement of the social sciences in this sector. Drawing on Bourdieu’s concept of field and Knorr-Cetina’s concept of epistemic culture, this study explores the extent to which it is possible for the social sciences to integrate into, and thrive in, a field in which the experimental paradigm occupies a hegemonic position. Thirty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore biomedical scientists’ receptiveness toward the social sciences in general and to qualitative research in particular. We found that these respondents exhibited a predominantly negative posture toward the social sciences; however, we also found considerable variation in their judgments and explanations. Eight biomedical scientists tended to be receptive to the social sciences, 7 ambivalent, and 16 unreceptive. The main rationale expressed by receptive respondents is that the legitimacy of a method depends on its capacity to adequately respond to a research question and not on its conformity to the experimental canon....
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...these low skilled sorts of jobs become unfavorable. In same time these jobs account for nearly 20% of the workforce as the consumption of fast-food is increasing every day. Most surveys and studies show that the employee turnover is as high as 100% in Ireland within fast-food industry, also called “100% turnover industries” (Economist, 2000). These figures have lowered in the last number of years because of non-national and eastern European workforce influence on the labor market. Reason for the proposed study There are several studies that have been conducted in relation to these issues around the world but very few in Ireland. If conducted this research might find out why these employees are not happy with their work, what are factors that makes the workplace dissatisfying and are there ways to improve this. Research questions * What factors impact the job satisfaction of employees within the fast-food industry? Is it pay, autonomy or is it the unsocial hours? * What are the main reasons for the high...
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...Chapter 4 Reviewing the existing literature and engaging with what others have written: You need to review the existing literature because: – you want to know what is already known about your area of interest so you don't just reinvent the wheel. – Your literature review is where you demonstrate that you are able to engage in scholarly review based on your reading and understanding of the work of others. – Using the existing literature on a topic is a means of developing an argument about the significance of your research and where it leads. – A means of affirming your credibility as someone who is knowledgeable in your chosen area. Being able to interpret what they have written. The purpose of exploring the existing literature should be to identify the following issues: – What is already known about this area? – What concepts and theories are relevant to this area? – What research methods and research strategies have been employed in studying this area? – Are there any significant controversies? – Are there any inconsistencies in findings relating to this area? – Are there any unanswered research questions in this area? Purpose: – Assessing plan design – Identify potential concepts and variables – What types of methods have been used? – Interpreting your findings Getting the most from your reading: When you are reading do the following: • Take good notes, including details of the material...
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...APPLIED BUSINESS RESEARCH AND STATISTICS Individual Assignment Research Essay Compare and Contrast Method Delphi Technique and Meta-Analysis Contents Abstract 2 Delphi Technique 3 Introduction 3 Background 3 Literature review 3 Meta-Analysis 7 Introduction 7 Background 7 Literature Review 8 Compare and contrast of Delphi technique and Meta-Analysis 10 Benefits 10 Limitations 12 Delphi technique 12 Meta-Analysis 13 Conclusion 13 References 15 Appendix “A” 18 Abstract This paper will elaborate as well compare two research methods, the Delphi technique and meta-analysis. This paper will compare factors like data type, source of data, cost, validity, skill required for research, level of understanding, accuracy of results, contingencies that might occur during research, use of tools, bias results and opportunity to replicate. During the course of the practice by different researchers, the limitations, advantages and disadvantages are taken into account and implementation of these methods in different areas of business are discussed. Delphi Technique Introduction According to Khayun, Ractham and Firpo (2012), the Delphi technique is a structured approach for reaching a consensus opinion among experts about future developments in any area that might affect a business. Delphi technique is a technique of collecting opinions about the future and evaluating the likelihood of an outcome or situation. It is a multistep process in which experts answer...
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...have relied on the collection of data to make decisions that propel the human race into the next era of technical development and business growth. The type of data varies as it can either be quantified or qualitative to meet the needs and purpose of the research. The age old question has always been which of the two is the most preferred methodology, but the real question should be how both mirror the theme of statistics to provide the closest range to the point of accuracy while minimizing the margin of error. As we compare and contrast qualitative and quantitative research methods, we will attempt to confirm which one is the better of the two, but how both apply the law of statistics to answer the research question with the highest level of accuracy. Qualitative research provides an in-depth analytical perspective on the data collected. “Unlike the case with quantitative data, both researcher and research sponsor often have more significant involvement in collecting and interpreting qualitative data”. (Schindler 2013, p.166) Qualitative research is more in tune with the emotional and personal data being collected for the study; a collection of person opinions in regards to the research conducted. “Qualitative research gathers information that is not in numerical form. For example, diary accounts, open-ended questionnaires, unstructured interviews and unstructured observations”. (McLeod, 2008) Qualitative data requires expert...
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