Sampling

Critical Appraisal of Quantitative Research Introduction Abstract. The abstract consisted of one paragraph, total of ten sentences, which includes the purpose, design, sampling, and results. Researchers expanded on results but did not include conclusion. Relevant information such as sample size, study design, measure outcomes, and results were included. Problem. New nurse graduates are leaving their first employment at a high rate in Taiwan. There is a high shortage of nurses in Taiwan,…

Problem Statement, Purpose Statement, Research Question In the study “Effectiveness of end-of-life education among community-dwelling older adults” Matsui (2010) addresses the problem that fewer than “50% of severely or terminally ill patients completed an advance directive” (p. 363) which makes it difficult for health care professionals to identify patients’ wishes in situations where end of life is near. This is a significant problem to nursing, as nurses have a responsibility to inform and…

benefits. However, the use of technology can also raise some controversy. The advancement of DNA technology is imperative and it has significantly changed the legal system in the way cases are questioned, investigated and solved. On the other hand, DNA sampling raises issues involving privacy and the violation of human rights due to its personal, unique makeup and the fact that it is stored in a database. The consideration for all members of society is still a struggling issue as the rights and…

empirical evidence the proponents present. In the research conducted by Trzesniewski, Donnellan, & Robins (2008), they evaluated the empirical basis of the research and findings of Twenge and colleagues(year), specifically the limitations of convenience sampling. The first issue raised involved their technique of cross-temporal meta-analysis, which compiles data from a questionnaire for an extensive number of years. With this concern Trzesniewski and colleagues (2008) questioned Twenge’s…

Non parametric tests It is a hypothesis test which does not need population distribution. For instance there are numerous hypothesis tests which depend upon assumptions that population must be normally distributed along with the parameters. Main advantages of non- parametric tests are that they do not rely on assumptions, so they can be easily used where population is non-normal. One thing to be kept in mind, that these tests may have few assumptions related to the data. They might not be…

advantage of Cross- Sectional. The disadvantages of Cross- Sectional includes an alternative hypothesis could be the reason for the relationships. Another disadvantage is that the information obtained tends to be superficial. The researcher must know sampling techniques, questionnaire construction, interviewing, and data analysis is also the disadvantage of Cross- Sectional. Ex post facto The advantage of Ex post facto is that offers a higher level of control than a correlational study. The…

Snowball sampling is a technique where existing subjects recruit future subjects from their own acquaintances. Thus the sample group tends to grow. As the sample gets larger there will be enough data to be useful for research. Interviews will be the main form to get…

chapter explains the methods, techniques and instruments used in this research work. It also explains the method used in collecting and analyzing data. Items explained herein under include the research design, population of the study, sample size and sampling technique, administration of data collection instruments, procedures for processing collected data and a complete reference for all works consulted. RESEARCH DESIGN A researcher uses research design to serve as a scheme or a blueprint for…

other words, researchers must gathering information to answer the research question. Researchers use sampling techniques to gather data from a smaller subset of the total population. Widely used, self-administered surveys are valuable tools to gather data necessary to to answer a research question. Particularly, self-administered surveys or questionnaires are a fundamental research sampling strategy to collect and analyze the human attributes of research since questionnaires and surveys…

Li, S., & Brown, C. M. (2014). Activating Different Attributional Patterns in Chinese Bicultural Individuals with Language Cues. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 19(4). Li and Brown focused on the how the effects of language would influence attributional patterns in Chinese bicultural individuals, who resided in Western countries. The independent variable is language and it is operationally defined as an effective cue that has commonly been used to initiate corresponding constructs…