The proposed research study seeks to determine whether external motivation impacts the treatment compliance of young adult outpatient substance abuse clients. Traditionally, qualitative research was viewed as the standard methodology for counseling related research; however, Good (p. 3) quantitative methods have been shown most effective in exploring the relationships among variables in humanistic research (Balkin, 2014). For the purposes of the proposed research, the relationship among…
bases of this article is based on a survey and its findings. Surveys are an important aspect to quantitative methods. There are several aspects in this article that makes up the methodology. The survey was done from a systematic random sample of college students that were…
conducted a mixed method study to determine if mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) would be an appropriate and beneficial treatment for people who suffer from depression and anxiety. The authors utilized both qualitative and quantitative methods in their research. Thirteen study participants were recruited to take part in an eight week group program designed to address relapsing depression and anxiety through meditation and cognitive therapy (Finucane & Mercer, 2006, p. 4). "A body-scan,…
And what are their exercise habits? The aim of this research is to discover the attitudes of 17-21 year old female Melbourne university students, towards physical exercise and their exercise habits. To gain these vital insights a standardised survey will be used first to collect quantitative data, which will then be used to form focus groups. These focus groups will have a mediator who will ask semi-standardised questions…
Proposed Study This study proposes to measure parental attitudes among the Caribbean-immigrant community using both qualitative assessment and quantitative survey tools, and to explore the correlations between the attitudes of parents and the attitudes of their young children. Why resilience? It is an important human trait in itself, but it is especially important among relatively disadvantaged (immigrant, poor, racialized) communities, potentially determining whether the ongoing…
Heroines of Mercy Street was written by Pamela D. Toler and was published by Little Brown and Company in 2016. This is a non-fiction book and it describes the real stories from the television series Mercy Street. It has 253 pages not included the references and the index at the end of the book. The book describes the diligent nurses who worked and volunteered during the Civil War and showed the difficulties that the soldiers and nurses faced outside of the battlefield. The book describes the…
providers, patients, and their family. The scale can also be used to monitor efficiency of the intervention with patients, staff, and their care environment within the three frameworks (Lipkis-Orlando et al., 2016). Are suggestions for future research…
the purpose served by each quantitative and qualitative component. A mixed methods approach implies the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods with the same study (Al-Hamdan & Anthony, 2010). Qualitative and quantitative studies are the most common methods used in research. Each one is associated with a philosophical approach. Positivism, which considers the researcher as an outsider observer and independent from phenomena, is linked to quantitative research. In contrast, naturalism…
Evaluation Plan for Barcode Medication Administration or Scanning Barcode medication administration or scanning is a technology that has emerged to help in lessening medical errors through performing an additional check before a medication is administered to the patient. The use of this technology is also geared towards ensuring medical errors are prevented. Similar to other medication administration or scanning technologies, barcode administration or scanning helps in dealing with drug…
sample to a population or to provide precise estimates of effect size and statistical significance, as is common with quantitative evaluation. Although the sample is large for a qualitative evaluation, it would be inappropriate to generalize these findings to the entire NHS. The intent of the researcher was to provide information that could not be produced through a quantitative study, thereby offering decision makers and nurses with leads that can be explored…