NURS 237 : Nursing Research

Question: 

9: Sample.
a) What sampling method was used by the authors in this study?    
b)   What are the potential biases of this sampling method?    
c)   What was the final sample size and what was the acceptance  rate?    
d)   Was a power analysis conducted? If so, describe it here.    
e)  Describe the inclusion and exclusion sample criteria.    
f)  Calculate the refusal rate.
g)  Calculate the attrition rate.
h)  Is the sampling method going to produce a sample that is representative of the study population?  Explain your answer.    
i)   Briefly discuss the institutional review board approval and informed consent obtained for this study.      
j)   Briefly describe the setting and indicate whether it was appropriate for conducting this  study.    
 
10: Measurement Methods: 
a)  List and briefly describe the measures / instruments / tools used in the study.    
b)   Who administers each measurement / instrument / tool?    
c)   How do the subjects complete each measurement / instrument tool?    
d)  How is each measurement / instrument / tool scored?    
e)  How do the authors describe the PAST reliability of each measurement / instrument / tool?    
f)  How do the authors describe the reliability of each measurement / instrument / tool for THIS STUDY?    
g) How do the authors describe the PAST validity of each measurement / instrument / tool?    
h) How do the authors describe the validity of each measurement / instrument / tool for THIS STUDY?    
i)  Did the authors develop a measurement / instrument / tool for this study?  If so, describe the development process.    
j)  Did the authors use any physiological measurements in this study?  If so, how did they describe the methods for collecting and recording the data?    
 
11: Collection and Managing Data. 
a)  Briefly describe the data collection process used in this study.    
b)  Is there more than one data collector for the study?  If so, describe what the authors did to train the data collectors.  Do you think there was adequate training to ensure inter-rater reliability (IRR)?    
 
12: Data Analysis. 
a)  What descriptive statistics are used in this study?    
b)  What inferential statistics are used to examine the data obtained from the subjects?  **Hint: for help recognizing names of statistical tests, look at Figure 21-7.    
c)  What is the level of significance set at for this study?    
d)  Are tables or figures used to present the results of the data analysis?  List and briefly explain the content of each table or figure.    
13.  Researchers Interpretation of the Findings. 
a)  What are the key findings from this study (as stated by the authors)?  In parentheses next to each finding, indicate whether the finding is significant, non-significant, or unpredicted / serendipity.    
b)  Which of the key findings that you listed in 13a were consistent with what the authors were expecting?     
c)   Which of the key findings from this study were identified by the authors as being clinically significant / clinically important?    
d)  List the study’s limitations as described by the authors. Did you find any other limitations not mentioned by the authors?    
e)  Do the authors generalize the findings to other populations?  If so, who are they? Is this appropriate?    
f)  What implications do the findings have for nursing practice?    
g)  What suggestions have the authors made for future studies?    
 
14 Strengths and Weaknesses
a) Identify one strength of the study related to the content in this assignment (find the strengths in the sample, measurement methods, data collection, or data analysis)    
b) Identify one weakness of the study related to the content in this (find the weaknesses in the sample, measurement methods, data collection, or data analysis)    
 
15 Evaluation                                                                
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