Quantitative Study Evaluation

Internal validity of this study included data collection process and student personal interest in education. For example, students may have scored in exam because they concern about their own education. Reliability of this study instrument has not been tested. This is the first time this group will have this survey. There is no former survey to use as a standard to see if there are many changes.

The focus of the article by Spurlock and Hunt (2008) was on an empirical study researching whether the HESI Exit Exam possesses any usefulness in predicting pass-rates on the National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses. The authors identify the variables of the study as HESI Exit Exam scores and NCLEX-RN outcomes, emphasizing the relationship between the variables as being previously determined by research literature as “marginal at best” (Spurlock & Hunt, 2008). The stated primary purposes for the research by Spurlock and Hunt (2008) were to examine if HESI Exit Exam scores had the ability to predict NCLEX-RN outcomes, and to explain the inconsistencies between predictions of HESI Exit Exam scores and actual NCLEX-RN results. The article indicates that the research is significant in nursing due to the weight of importance placed on NCLEX-RN outcomes “…by nursing school administrators, educators, and graduates, as well as by prospective students and their parents” (Spurlock & Hunt, 2008).

Beck, H. P., S. Rorrer-Woody, and L. G. Pierce. “The Relations of Learning and Grade Orientations to Academic Performance.” Teaching of Psychology 18 (1991): 35-37.

In the Dweck article it is stated that students perception of goals can influence their actions and feelings. It stated if students goals are fixed on the results and performance, then they are likely to not risk trying and failing, because that would indicate their level of ability. They also view effort negatively, because they perceive it to be as a compensation for ability, However if students goals are just to learn and see what they can get out of the process, they are likely to approach challenges and see what they can learn from it. I think this is an important concept, because sometimes we can be so focused on achieving certain results, that we can forget or get distracted from our original goal, which just might be to have fun and

The research team broke down the results for easy understanding. Distribution of age was 0clearly provided by histogram, marital status was visualized via pie chart, and a correlation table provided a breakdown of relationships among variables (Hardin et al., 2011). Hardin et al. (2011), also provides a comprehensive recapitulation of the results whether quantitative or qualitative to correspond with the visual information provided in charts and tables.

I understand your position. This study can definitely fall under the quantitative study guidelines. I understand that qualitative research is used to gain an understanding of underlying reason and opinions, and the data is unstructured. Combining the two study types is also known to happen. Sometimes researchers use both types of research to compliment each other. Thank you for your feedback, I value your insight.

For students in an educational environment, they are more likely to succeed and do better if they have an intrinsic motivational approach to their studies. One thing that can be changed or encouraged

In research, the quantitative study seems to be the most favored method to conduct a study due to its validity and numerical value. Quantitative studies are objective and considered to be a hard science which is measurable, and suitable to establish cause-and-effect relationships (Anderson, 2006). The quantitative study seeks explanatory laws via statistical analysis and the participation of a large number of participants (Anderson, 2006). The article by Burns et al (1999), which this writer will be evaluating, utilizes quantitative study to explore intensive vs. standard case management for severe psychotic illness via a randomized trial (Burns et al., 1999). Not all studies are worthy of being taken seriously, therefore, at this point of

Two methods will be employed for this study; surveys and interviews. The participants of this study will be perpetrators of DV, as well as the children of convicted batterers. To figure out if perpetrators of DV can be good parents, we need to ask the children.

The quantitative research article that I chose to review was a study completed by Dougherty and Thompson (2009), found in Research in Nursing & Health. Very few researchers have focused their study on the impact of cardiac arrest and ICD implantation on a patient’s intimate partner. What little is known about caregiving responsibilities and caregiver burden after a cardiac illness or event has previously been focused on the spousal experiences following an acute myocardial infarction or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Dougherty & Thompson, 2009). The researchers in this article chose to study the physical and mental health effects of the intimate partners of persons after sudden cardiac

In order to promote the utmost success of students, numerous studies have been conducted to determine the ideal organization strategies for grouping within classrooms. There are two major types of grouping, heterogeneous and homogeneous. Heterogeneous grouping can be described as randomly grouping students together. The teacher does not group based on any specific criteria and attempts to involve all types of students within each group. In further detail, there may be one student who overachieves at mathematics and a student that performs below average in mathematics within the same group. Homogeneous grouping is arranging students together based on their academic achievement in particular subjects. For instance, a homogeneous group will contain students who are all around the same reading level. There are two divisions within homogeneous grouping. One is within-class grouping. This means that the students

As with any research, there are limitations to take into account with this study. The study took place over a month long span, so it was not possible to follow up with those residents who participated to see how they progressed through the shelter program. The study also did not include children as participants, which is a direction to consider in the future since there are a significant number of children who experience homelessness. A limitation that brings up questions is that there was more participation among the men and they were more forthcoming than were the women. The reason for this could be that the researcher was a white male, so there could have been a degree of discomfort in divulging information with the women who may have had sensitive histories pertaining to their past that they did not wish to share. If a female were to have interviewed the women, there may have been more participation and the interviews may have had more depth. Research studies have shown that the researcher’s demographics can affect the quality and quantity of the data when investigating a phenomenon experienced by the opposite gender or a different race. The men seemed to be empowered and open about sharing their past history as if the interview session was an opportunity to vent or absolve themselves of wrongdoing, whereas the women were more reserved and preferred not to disclose their histories. Another possibility for the men being more forthcoming than the

The total number of participants in which the survey was conducted was a sample size of 1126 Psyc 1F90 students. In the study it included 267 male participants, 849 female participants, 4 transgender participants, and 6 participants who did not specify their sex. Out of the 1126 students who participated in the study, the students had a mean age of 19.59 years.

The article is a quantitative research study. There were three types of data collected in this study. Data was collected through structured interviews, inter-rater and validity data, statistical analysis, and descriptive data. Interviews took place at the Department of Forensic Psychiatry in Stockholm. A trained research assistant carried out the interview after receiving preparatory training that consisted of 12 test interviews, under the guidance of the first author. These interviews were instructed to clarify the exposure information if the interviewee was inconsistent in their response by using other sources such as (police reports, medical files). The structured interview covered offender and offence-specific information, exposure to alcohol, and illegal and prescribed psychotropic drugs. The inter-rater reliability test was conducted using two raters score information independently from 16 sit-in interviews. Data was calculated using Cohen’s k for categorical, nominal data and for continuous data intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs). The two-way ANOVA, random model type, was used to permit generalization of ICCs to others individual raters. The descriptive data was generated using the participants age ranging from 17 to 76 years old; including principal clinical diagnoses assigned according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV). However, the Standard Mentel-Haenszel methods, sparse data in each stratum, were used for statistical

Teachers who have higher expectations of their student’s abilities will have a higher academic achievement as compared to teachers who have low expectations of their students abilities. In this study, the independent variable is the expectation of the teachers on their student’s abilities, and the dependent variable is the student achievements based upon the teacher expectations. The achievements can be measured by monitoring classrooms in a high school setting for English class for one year, with some classes having a teacher with high expectations, and other classes having a teacher with low expectations. The achievements would be measured by a preliminary assessment, test results, quarterly reports, and an end of year