Review the following:
Deveoping a Research Question
Overview of Quantitative Research
Overview of Qualitative Research
Requirements for this Assignment:
1. Write a 4-page paper that includes a fully developed specific research question/ hypothesis. Provide supportive information that includes the back ground and significance for the research question.
2. Cleary describe the key variables.
3. Within the paper select the appropriate research design for the research question/hypothesis
5. Utilize current APA format.
6. A minimum of 5 scholarly references is required to support/justify your topic, and provide enough background information to make your idea(s) clear to the reader.
Developing a Research question/hypothesis:
Clearly identify the research topic for this proposal. It should be based on previous work (attached), using the same topic and then expound on your topic by providing background information along with a scholarly explanation as to its significance and contribution to nursing research. This paper must also include a research question or an hypothesis. The research proposal does NOT need to include a research hypothesis, but in the absence of a hypothesis, your research question and purpose must be clearly defined.
The research question or hypothesis must include the key concepts/variables that you are interested in studying. In addition, the group/population of interest must be included in the research question or hypothesis. The following is an example of a research question:
“Do pregnant women who are obese develop more obstetric complications than pregnant women who are of normal body weight?”
The key variables are:
(1) Obesity status, which is the independent variable or “cause;” and
(2) Obstetric complications, which is the dependent variable or “effect.”
The population of interest is pregnant women.
The purpose of this research question is to determine if there is a relationship between obesity status and obstetrical complications. Weight status needs to be defined.
How would the researcher determine the obesity status of the subjects? Also, what is meant by “obstetrical complications?” How will the researcher determine who experiences obstetrical complications. How will complications be measured?
Sometimes, research questions do not have specific independent and dependent variables. They may have latent variables. For example, the research question, “How knowledgeable are 18-year-old females regarding breast self-exam?” does not include clear cut independent and dependent variables. It would be more appropriate to define variables of interest, (1) knowledge: define knowledge; how will you determine if subjects are knowledgeable? And, (2) breast self-exam:define what is meant by breast self-exam.
A research hypothesis MUST include an independent variable (cause) and a dependent variable (the outcome or effect). If an experimental or quasi-experimental design is used, the independent variable MUST be manipulated. An experimental approach calls for manipulation of some kind of treatment or intervention. If using a hypothes clearly identify the independent and dependent variables.
The variables must identified and described in this paper. The description of the variables must be congruent with eh research question or hypothesis.
Research Design
Select the research design that is appropriate for the research question you have posed. This must be specific. It is not enough to say that it is qualitative or quantitative research The research design experimental, quasi-experimental, descriptive, correlational, etc if quantitative.If this is qualitative, is phemononology grounded theory or ethnographic. It must be approriate for the research question. What is the rationale for selecting this design? Suportive evidence is required for the design using your text or other references.
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To clarify this assignment,
1. Write a 4-page paper that includes a fully developed specific research question/ hypothesis. Provide supportive information that includes the back ground and significance for the research question.
2. Clearly describe the key variables.
3. Within the paper select the appropriate research design for the research question/hypothesis
4. Utilize current APA 7 format.
5. A minimum of 5 scholarly references is required
Here are the headings that you should use to organize your paper:
Background/Significance
Research Question
Variables
Design
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