COURSE  

NR505NP Advanced Research Methods: Evidence

Preparing the Assignment

• Reflection: write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on your learning for the week. Guiding questions are provided or you may write about what you felt was most significant to you for the week.
  • How hard was it to find a qualitative article related to your area of interest?
  • Did you have any difficult determining whether the articles you reviewed were qualitative?
  • Is the qualitative approach appropriate for your area of interest? Would you be able to replicate the study you found?
  • Overall, which research design (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods) do you feel is best suited to your area of interest?

SOLUTION 

It was easy to track down a quantitative study that applied to my field. After searching a database, I had to use caution when determining whether or not an item was quantitative. I included “quantitative” in the title to facilitate my search. There were some strictly quantitative works, some strictly qualitative ones, and many mixed the two that came out of this method. Finding the quantitative research was assigned to me. …….please click the icon below to access entire solution at $5