NURS 4431 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Null Hypothesis, Dependent And Independent Variables, Operational Definition
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A situation in need of a solution, improvement, or alteration; or a discrepancy between the way things are and the way things ought to be. An area of concern in which there is a gap in the knowledge needed for nursing practice. A concise, clear statement of the specific goal or aim of the study that includes that variables, population, and settings for a study. Research problem needs to be within researchers expertise. Most places have review boards that will review the feasibility of a study. Objectives and declarative statements which focus on the identification and description of variables or concepts and sometimes on determination of relationships among variables. Research questions are interrogative statements that focus on what variables or concepts are to be described and what relationships might exist among them. Develop question so reader knows exactly what you are studying. Formal statements of the expected relationships among variables. If data supports hypothesis you have a statistically significant hypothesis.
