State one of the basic designs mentioned in Chapter 8 and describe a possible study that could be done using that design.
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 […]