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, 1. conceptual phase, 2. design and planning phase, 3. 5 major phases of nursing research
empirical phase, 4. analytical phase, 5. dissemination and
utilization phase
conceptualizing and planning phase identifying a research problem, literature review, selecting and gaining entree,
designing qualitative studies and addressing ethical issues
sampling, data collection, analysis and interpretation how do you conduct a qualitative study?
8-15 words maximum words for nursing research title
research problem is a statement about an area of concern, a condition to be improved, a difficulty to
be eliminated, or a troubling question that exists in scholarly literature, in theory,
or in practice that points to the need for meaningful understanding and deliberate
investigation.
identification and formulation of a research problem first step of a research process
personal experiences, specialization,literature sources, sources of research problem
existing and past researches, existing theories and theses,
dissertation and research journals
Reflect the general objective of the research, be based a research problem should:
on the title of the study and Indicate major variables and
population under study
question, declarative or both ways of stating a research problem
Hypothesis Is a supposition (an educated guess) that presumed to be true for the sake of
subsequent testing.
hypothesis testing The attempt to accept or reject a hypothesis through research and or statistics
(Inferential statistics)
true true/ false: Hypothesis also guide the research design and dictate the type of
statistical analysis to be used with the data.
alternative hypothesis states the expected relationship between variables; positive statement
null hypothesis is refusal or denial of reality of a characteristics, trait, virtue, correlation or
difference of the report.
assumptions are presumed to be true statement of facts relevance to the research problem.
They are explicitly stated to give readers of the research papers, theses and
dissertations good foundation to draw conclusions resulting from assumptions.
deductive form the presentation is from general to particular.
inductive form starts from target beneficiaries to the country.