NUR 80A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Pressure Ulcer, Jargon, Imrad
21 Jan 2016
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Nse 80a week 2: the building blocks of research. Developing knowledge based, new knowledge, extending the base of knowledge. Quantitative approach study of specific interventions. Qualitative approach- used to gain information about what is not known. Hard copy of assignment due week 5. Final modules online assignment: not part of this assignment. Choose a topic- something that you have seen. From that topic, identify 2 research questions. One for the naturalist, one for positivist para. Find a rationale for why these research questions relate to the paradigm. Investigators: roles, research assistant- considered to be junior, associate researcher being mentored, respondents who fill out questionnaires, responding to questions, participants, informants ( qualitative) Field, natural setting: e. g. community center ( qualitative: computer lab. 3: qualitative= may be a major end product, quantitative= need to clarify and define research concepts at the outset, operational = how variables are measured e. g. measuring pain on a scale.
