Qualitative and Quantitative Research Design

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You will critically appraise a research design

Content Requirements:

You will select one research report with a qualitative design and one with quantitative design and answer the following questions regarding the following categories:

  1. Discuss what is meant by the term Qualitative Research
  2. The study, sampling, data collection, analysis, rigor, findings and limitations
  3. Discuss what you understand by the term Quantitative Research – Use the following dot points to guide your discussion (give reasons for your argument and support with references):
    • Describe the characteristics of quantitative research.
    • Identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a quantitative research approach
    • Differentiate between observational and interventional research designs and also between experimental and quasi-experimental designs.
    • Briefly, outline the difference between inferential and descriptive statistics and their relationship to levels of measurement.
    • Communicate how this research design used in research.
  4. Critique the Quantitative Research Report – Use the following headings to guide your critique (in all discussions and explanations give reasons for your argument and support with references):
    • The study
      • Identify the purpose and design of the study.
      • Explain what is meant by ‘blinding’ and ‘randomization’ and discuss how these were addressed in the design of the study.
      • Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.
    • Sampling
      • Explain the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was used.
      • Discuss how the sample size was determined – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.
    • Data collection
      • Briefly, outline how the data was collected and identify any data collection instrument(s).
      • Define the terms validity and reliability and discuss how the validity & reliability of the instruments were/were not addressed in this study and why this is important.
    • Data analysis
      • Outline how the data were analyzed.
      • Identify the statistics used and the level of measurement of the data described by each statistical test – include in your discussion an explanation of terms used.
    • Findings and limitations
      • Briefly, outline the findings and identify any limitations of the study
      • Use the information that you have gained from your critique of the study to briefly discuss the trustworthiness and applicability of the study. Include in your discussion an explanation of the term statistical significance and name the tests of statistical significance used in this study.

Submission Instructions:

  • The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
  • The paper should be formatted per current APA and 4-5 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
  • Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.

Requirements: 4-5 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.   |   .doc file

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Parents have negative experiences in their discussions of issues of obesity and overweight with nurses, and they have limited knowledge on managing childhood obesity. The major limitation is the small sample size that is self-selected and hence does not adequately represents the study population (Hardy et al., 2019).

Applicability of the Study and its Implications in Nursing

The findings from this study implicate the need for health institutions to offer structured support to the nurses to offer patient education on childhood obesity. However, there is a need for a more comprehensive and extensive research process to confirm findings before application.

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Qualitative and Quantitative Research Design