Comparing Quantitative Research Studies Paula Knight‚ RN NUR 4165 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to critique‚ contrast‚ and compare two research studies. “Assessment of Anxiety in Intensive Care Patients by Using the Faces Anxiety Scale” written by McKinley‚ Stein-Parbury‚ Chehelnabi‚ & Lovas will be referred to as study one (2004). “Prevalence of Limited Health Literacy and Compensatory Strategies Used by Hospitalized Patients” written by Morris‚ Grant‚ Repp‚ MacLean‚ & Littenburg
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OUTLINE OF BASIC CRITIQUE STEPS (understanding quantitative research): Brink and Wood (1994)‚ and Burnes and Groves (1997)‚ similarly describe the steps for quantitative nursing research process and methods. The authors include not only the basic steps to conduct nursing studies‚ but also translating the studies into articles for publication. According to Burnes & Groves (1997)‚ and Hamric and Spross (1992)‚ the quantitative research method is used to describe or gain more information‚ test relationships
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Unit 011 – Contribute to the Support of Positive Environments for Children and Young People Outcome 1 – 1. Describe what is meant by a positive environment – inside and outside Positive environment inside: In my setting we singing wellcome song before start every sesion that help because every child learn and memory your names‚ also there are feel motivated for participate and sharing with others. Also Positive environment outside: In my setting when the child arrive one person is delegate for
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MODULE TITLE: - Quantitative Techniques in Business (QTB) PROGRAMME: Bachelor of Business Studies (BABs) October 2014 – January 2015 Introduction 1.0 In the business world‚ quantitative techniques assist in decision making. The functions of quantitative techniques extend beyond decision-making to providing tools for scientific research‚ facilitating the deployment of resources‚ help in the selection of the optimal strategy and minimize costs. There are three main quantitative techniques that
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Syllabus Prerequisites: See Current UT Dallas Catalog for Educational and Course Prerequisites Access to a Statistical Package ( for example EXCEL with the Data Analysis Toolpack Add-in‚ or MINITAB‚ or SAS‚ or SPSS‚ etc.) I will be using Microsoft EXCEL. Instructor: John J. Wiorkowski‚ Professor of Statistics Wiorkow@utdallas.edu Telephone: 972-883-2274 (USA‚ on
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“An Assessment of the Utility Value of Quantitative and Qualitative Approach to Research in the Domain of Business Administration” Contents 2 Letter of transmittal 4th March‚ 2013 Dr. .......... Professor‚ School of Business Independent University‚ Bangladesh Subject: Submission of the report on “An assessment of the utility value of quantitative and qualitative approaches to research in the domain of business administration”
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03/07/12 Quantitative research techniques used in Sociology Devon D.E. Francis Definition Quantitative research consists of those studies in which the data concerned can be analyzed in terms of numbers; Research can also be qualitative‚ that is‚ it can describe events‚ persons and so forth scientifically without the use of numerical data. Quantitative research is based more directly on its original plans and its results are more readily analyzed and interpreted. It is more open and responsive
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Project Report On Industry analysis Of INDIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY CHAUDHARI CHIRAG [4] CHAUDHARI RAVI [7] MULTANI AKIL [30] SHEIKH SHOEB [48] VACHHANI MIRAJ [57] INTRODUCTION OF PORTERS FIVE FORCES MODEL AND SWOT ANALYSIS: PORTERS FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS According to Michael Porter’s well known model of structural analysis of industries‚ the state of competition in an industry depends on five basic competitive forces. * Rivalry among exiting firm
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Assess the position that in sociological research quantitative research methods are superior to qualitative research methods. Sociologists have a number of different types of research that can be used to acquire data. They can be traced back to Max Weber (1864) regarded as the founder of interpretivism‚ was opposed to the idea that human behavior is exactly quantifiable. Human behavior is based on the idea that social interaction is surrounded by consciousness action and unpredictability (emotions
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obese Type 2 diabetics (T2D) to make changes in their lifestyle‚ Whittemore et al. (2009) decided to do a study to see if there is a need for programs to decrease the incidence of Type 2 diabetes. The article selected is an example of experimental quantitative design. The summary model can be found in the text on pages 112 through 114 in Polit & Beck (2012). There were four Nurse Practitioner (NPs) groups recruited for this study. There were four randomized sites used for the study‚ two sites‚ which
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