After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Identify the non-interventional or non-experimental designs (descriptive and correlational) and intervention or experimental designs (quasi-experimental and experimental) commonly used in quantitative nursing studies.
2. Describe the concepts relevant to quantitative research designs.
3. Examine study designs for strengths and threats to design validity.
4. Critically appraise descriptive and correlational designs in studies.
5. Describe the elements of designs that examine causality.
Answer the following questions and reply to at least two colleagues:
State one of the basic designs mentioned in Chapter 8 and describe a possible study that could be done using that design.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of that design? Be sure to cite the source of your information.
Always remember to cite and reference your resources appropriately using APA format. You should be using in-text citations in your initial response. Use in-text citations as needed in your replies.
GUIDELINES
Use this space to provide specific guidelines for students to follow.
Your initial response should be 100-200 words in length, reflecting on the prompt above.
Reply to at least two classmates’ posts. Your response to your classmate’s discussion should be around 50 words (each) and add to the discussion.
6. Critically appraise the interventions implemented in studies.
7. Critically appraise the quasi-experimental and experimental designs in studies.
8. Examine the quality of randomized controlled trials conducted in nursing.
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