This is a qualitative study conducted at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a lifestyle behavioral intervention to increase physical activity among patients with moderate to severe COPD. (Wortz‚ K. 2012) 54 patients of age 45 or older were randomly selected from April 2010 through January 2011 using a patient registry database with a coded diagnosis of COPD along with physician referrals. Data collection consisted
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Qualitative Research Critique Cindy Walters NUR/518 October 8‚ 2012 Elizabeth Esterl Qualitative Research Critique Hi‚ my name is Cindy Walters. I am presenting a qualitative research critique on a study conducted in 2011 on people with bipolar disorder with comorbid substance use. The study is entitled “The lived experience of adults with bipolar disorder and comorbid substance use disorder” written by Terry Ward‚ MSN‚ PhD‚ RN. Bipolar disorder involves changes in cognition‚ behavior
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Qualitative Research is a form of social inquiry that focuses on the way people interpret and make sense of their experience and world in which they live. In the words of Atkinson et al.(2001) it is an "Umbrella term"‚ and a number of different approaches exist within the wider framework of this type research. The main aim of most of the approaches is to explore and understand the social reality from the point of view of the individuals in the social context in which they live. The Qualitative methodology
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An observation can result in a very important learning lesson. The act of observing starts at a very young age and never stops. Maturation evolves from self-motivation and efforts to adapt to day-to-day experiences. Observation is how a toddler learns new things. They observe their mother and father doing “grown up” things and try to re-enact them. By doing this they learn new words‚ build their own personalities‚ as well as many other important traits. As people grow older the observation turns
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COMPARING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Social theory is a “system of interconnected ideas that condenses and organises the knowledge about the social world and explains how it works” (Neuman‚ 2006‚ p.8) and for many years scientists have gathered data using specialised techniques such as Quantative and Qualitative research to support or reject these theories. Quantitative research “generates numerical data or information that can be converted into numbers‚” (Experiment Resources‚ 2009‚
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A Guide to Using Qualitative Research Methodology © 2002 Michael Quinn Patton and Michael Cochran Reproduced with kind permission of Michael Quinn Patton Executive Summary This guide to using qualitative research methodology is designed to help you think about all the steps you need to take to ensure that you produce a good quality piece of work. The guide starts by telling you what qualitative methodology is and when to use it in the field (understand people’s belief system‚ perspectives
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Café Observation Sheet CAFÉ/COFFEE SHOP NAME: COFFEE CLUB ADDRESS: NORTHWEST PLAZA DATE OBSERVATIONS MADE: 22/2/15 EFFECTIVE NEEDS IMPROVEMENT COMMENTS LOCATION Eg. Is it accessible‚ is there parking? √ There was an underground car park and also a roof car park. Very accessible. FACILITIES Eg. Size‚ kitchen‚ number of grinders‚ styles of coffee machine‚ internet connection‚ magazines to read √ There was no Wi-Fi or any magazines or books to read so this could’ve had some improvement. There
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A Qualitative Research Critique The purpose of this paper is to critique the research article‚ “Gulper. Et. Al’s Preventing belt restraint use in newly admitted residents in nursing homes: A quasi-experimental study. The incident I am going to discuss in this paper is of Mr. P.‚ an 85-year-old man‚ admitted to this facility about a year ago. His history includes coronary heart disease‚ cataract‚ dementia‚ hypertension‚ macular degeneration and Alzheimer’s. Mr P. scored 28 of 30 on the Folstein
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Qualitative Analysis Lab Report Organic Chemistry Laboratory II ABSTRACT: The purpose of this lab was to separate and purify two unknown compounds‚ one solid and one liquid‚ from an ethereal solution using the techniques of chemically active extraction‚ vacuum filtration‚ simple distillation‚ and recrystallization. Then identifying information was compiled about these unknowns by obtaining experimental melting/boiling point ranges‚ and analyzing IR and proton/carbon NMR spectrums It was determined
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TOPIC: Qualitative research is often said to be without structure‚ process and rigor. Discuss. NAME: Jepter Lorde SUBJECT: Qualitative Research Methods ABSTRACT The continued academic tension between qualitative and quantitative inquiry has continued unabated. Scholarship since the 1980s‚ to redefine both paradigms‚ attempt to bring balance and importance of the respective contribution of both research processes. This has resulted in an interesting shift for “ensuring structure‚ process and rigor”
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