Assignment: Research Design NSG 456
Assignment: Research Design NSG 456
Week 3
assignment
Research Design
This assignment is designed to help you understand the
differences between qualitative and quantitative research designs, as well as
select the appropriate method for the research question you have been working
on throughout the course.
Step 1: State your Week 1 research question as perfected and
select the type of research (quantitative or qualitative) that is most
appropriate for it.
Step 2: Summarize the major steps in that type of research.
Step 3: Determine the specific type or approach (i.e., quasi-experimental,
phenomenological, etc.) you would employ and explain why that is the best
selection.
Step 4: Explain potential data.
Step 5: Explain how analyzing and interpreting that data can
inform your research question.
Format your assignment as one of the following
18-slide presentation
15-minute oral presentation
850-word paper
Another format approved by your instructor
Cite at least one peer-reviewed resource in APA format.
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Before beginning your paper, you need to decide how you plan to design the study.
The research design refers to the overall strategy that you choose to integrate the different components of the study in a coherent and logical way, thereby, ensuring you will effectively address the research problem; it constitutes the blueprint for the collection, measurement, and analysis of data. Note that the research problem determines the type of design you should use, not the other way around!
De Vaus, D. A. Research Design in Social Research. London: SAGE, 2001; Trochim, William M.K. Research Methods Knowledge Base. 2006.
The function of a research design is to ensure that the evidence obtained enables you to effectively address the research problem logically and as unambiguously as possible. In social sciences research, obtaining information relevant to the research problem generally entails specifying the type of evidence needed to test a theory, to evaluate a program, or to accurately describe and assess meaning related to an observable phenomenon.
With this in mind, a common mistake made by researchers is that they begin their investigations far too early, before they have thought critically about what information is required to address the research problem. Without attending to these design issues beforehand, the overall research problem will not be adequately addressed and any conclusions drawn will run the risk of being weak and unconvincing. As a consequence, the overall validity of the study will be undermined.
The length and complexity of describing research designs in your paper can vary considerably, but any well-developed description will achieve the following:
Identify the research problem clearly and justify its selection, particularly in relation to any valid alternative designs that could have been used,
Review and synthesize previously published literature associated with the research problem,
Clearly and explicitly specify hypotheses [i.e., research questions] central to the problem,
Effectively describe the information and/or data which will be necessary for an adequate testing of the hypotheses and explain how such information and/or data will be obtained, and
Describe the methods of analysis to be applied to the data in determining whether or not the hypotheses are true or false.