Topic 2 DQ 2
Feb 6-10, 2023
Using the research article selected for DQ 1, identify three key questions you will ask and answer when reading the research study and why these questions are important. When responding to peers, provide other questions and answers that could be considered in relation to the peers’ studies.
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Feb 9, 2023, 12:23 PM
Aaya Nassar
Feb 11, 2023, 9:23 AM
Hello Class,
This week’s discussion was excellent, and I appreciate everyone’s active participation. You learned more about sampling techniques this week. You are now able to:
- Explain the importance of random sampling
- Give examples of descriptive and inferential statistics.
- Describe strategies for selecting a sample from a population.
- Identify key questions you will ask or answer when reading a research study.
Watch “Pitfalls of Thinking: Anecdotal Evidence” on the YouTube website located at www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWxajLJPtU&feature=youtube_gdata to help understand what anecdotal evidence is and relate it to what you have learned.
Mirna Garcia
replied toAaya Nassar
Feb 12, 2023, 12:02 PM
Hello Professor Nassar,
Thank you for sharing this video. It really helped me to understand a bit more of the subject.
The video explains the sample size and its limitations. The size of the sample may too small and difficult to determine whether a particular outcome is a true finding. The results are not realistic and are more likely inaccurate. The sample size is important because influences the research findings. As the video is only when the sample size becomes significant that we can determine outcomes. In other words, the larger the number the more accurate the findings will be.
Aaya Nassar
Feb 11, 2023, 9:26 AM
Research Questions
The research questions are the first active step in the research project. In general, there are three types of research questions: Descriptive, Observational-Relational, and Causal questions. The descriptive question describes conditions that are happening or characteristics that exist. An observational-relational question examines the question of whether two or more variables affect, or do not affect, each other under a given set of circumstances. The causal question attempts to determine if changing one variable in a known and/or contained habitat has a measurable effect on another variable or set of variables within that same area or habitat.
Mirna Garcia
Feb 10, 2023, 9:47 PM
Three key questions I will ask and why these questions are important
What other studies have been done on the same matter?
This is important to know because there is a probability that a single study will not provide a definitive answer or the expected data. And if there is any controversial area it is important to clarify that with multiple studies.
How well did the study address causation?
The cross-sectional study design is limited to making inferences about correlations rather than causation and does not determine cause and effect. For example, the article I picked reported results that identify the impact of SIgAD on patients with DM1 but not the cause and effect.
How are the study’s results are evaluated?
Evaluating results is important because provides information to other researchers so they can repeat the study and verify and confirm results.
Yanet Moral Perez
replied toMirna Garcia
Feb 11, 2023, 11:58 PM
Hello Mirna,
I think these are all relevant questions that need to be asked when considering a study. Additionally, it is also important to consider the sample size of the study. How many participants were included in the study? Are the results reliable and generalizable? Additionally, what type of data was collected? Was it quantitative or qualitative data? This is important to know because some studies may be conducted using only interviews or surveys, which can lead to issues such as bias or lack of reliability. Finally, it is also important to consider the context in which the study was conducted. What kind of environment or conditions were the participants in during the study? All of these questions can have an impact on the validity of the study.
References
Davies, J. (2020). What Is a Cross-Sectional Study?. Retrieved from https://www.verywellmind.com/cross-sectional-study-2795366
Hagan, K. (2020). Qualitative Data vs. Quantitative Data: What’s the Difference?. Retrieved from https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/qualitative-vs-quantitative-data
- Cornelius Ayoyi
replied toMirna Garcia
Feb 12, 2023, 8:35 AM
Those are good questions to ask Mirna. The analytical approach relates to the study questions and research design. A quantitative study may use descriptive statistics to summarize the data and other tests, such as chi squares, t-tests, or regression analysis, to compare or evaluate the data. A qualitative study may use such approaches as coding, content analysis, or grounded theory analysis. A reader who is unfamiliar with the analytical approach may choose to rely on the expertise of the journal’s peer reviewers who assessed whether the analytical approach was correct. I would therefore ask myself if the analytical approach was consistent with the study questions and research design.
Reference.
American Nurse (2012) Reading and Critiquing research article. Reading and critiquing a research article – American Nurse (myamericannurse.com)
Amber Jones
Feb 10, 2023, 6:08 PM
What type of things were used to collect data in healthcare to collect information about the care needed for each patient?
I picked this question because it is important as nurses to be able to prioritize patient care depending on each patients need. We must determine which patient is in more need of care than the other patients.
Do you feel as if the strategy used to collect the data accurate?
I picked this question because if the information collected is accurate, maybe it could be passed along to other facilities to be used.
If the strategy was not accurate, what do you think could have been different to make it accurate?
I picked this question because this gives healthcare providers a way to critical think and improve ways to prioritize patients in dyer need of care versus ones that are not a priority.
Aaya Nassar
replied toAmber Jones
Feb 11, 2023, 9:40 AM
Thank you, Amber, for your post. The research questions focus on the research outcome desired, and the well-developed research question helps toward supporting a specific arguable thesis. Researchers run their search in peer review journals on the topic to see what has been done and to help narrow the research focus.
- Yanet Moral Perez
replied toAmber Jones
Feb 12, 2023, 1:12 PM
Amber, it is great that you are interested in the strategy used to collect data in healthcare in order to better prioritize patient care. There are a few different strategies used in healthcare to collect data. According to a 2020 study published by the Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Diseases, data collection in healthcare often involves patient medical records, patient history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and imaging studies (Abbaszadeh & Khodadoost, 2020). Additionally, a 2020 study published in Nursing and Healthcare Perspectives found that patient-reported outcomes (PROs) can be used to collect data on patient experience and patient-reported outcomes (Wang et al., 2020). Do I feel as if the strategy used to collect the data is accurate? Overall, accuracy of data collection in healthcare depends on the data collection instrument used and the accuracy of the data collected. Effective data collection strategies often involve valid and reliable instruments and data collection processes that are appropriate for the population being studied (Abbaszadeh & Khodadoost, 2020). If the strategy was not accurate, there are a few different things that could be done to make it accurate. For example, healthcare providers could use standardized data collection instruments, focus on data quality, and ensure that data is collected from a representative sample of the population being studied (Wang et al., 2020). References Abbaszadeh, M., & Khodadoost, M. (2020). Data collection in healthcare: Challenges, strategies, and techniques. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Diseases, 3(2), 117–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nhcd.2020.05.004 Wang, D. D., Fonseca, J. C., Rose, B. N., & Zhang, X. (2020). Patient-reported outcomes in healthcare: Measurement and data collection. Nursing and Healthcare Perspectives, 3(2), 99–102. https://doi.org/10.15761/NHCP.1000233
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References
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