Identification of Selected Steps of the Research Process
Participation is this Discussion Board is required and will contribute to your participation grade. Discussion Board is focused on the following Critical Appraisal Article: Cossette, S., Frasure-Smith, N., Dupuis, J., Juneau, M., & Guertin, M. (2012). Randomized controlled trial of tailored nursing interventions to improve cardiac rehabilitation enrollment. Nursing Research, 61(2), 111-120. Discussion Board Assignment Discuss 3 of the following questions or areas identified below and respond to the posting of one other student.
Submit your original posts by the end of the day on Friday of Week 2.
Reply to one other student posting by the end of the day on Sunday of Week 2 1. Authors qualifications Discuss research expertise, clinical experience, educational preparation of the authors. If the author information is not in the article, find it on the Internet by Googling the author’s name.
2. Discuss the article title (clear; interesting; identifying type of study, variables, and population).
3. Identify any missing elements in the abstract (purpose, framework, design, sample size, and key results and findings).
4. Problem statement: Describe the healthcare problem or issue that was the impetus for this study including significance, background, and problem statement.
5. Purpose: State the study purpose from the article, whether explicit or implied.
6. Literature review.
Provide an example of one relevant previous study and one theory article described in the literature review. Are the sources current? Provide a rationale by giving the number and percentage of sources (references) published in the last 5 years and the last 10 years.
Describe briefly the current knowledge (what is known and not known) about the research problem, as described in the literature review.
7. List any research objectives, questions, or hypotheses. Were they appropriate for the study?
8. List the demographic or attribute variables or characteristics of the study.
9. Research design
Identify the specific design of the study.
Identify the treatment or intervention if included in the study.
Describe how subjects were assigned to groups if groups were compared.
Describe how pilot study findings were used to design this study, if present.