• Review the Week 7 Learning Resources.
• descriptive quantitative study on your topic and prepare a brief description of the study from the below article.
Kahan, David; McKenzie, Thomas L. American Journal of Public Health, Apr2015, Vol. 105 Issue 4, p653-659, 7p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 1 Graph; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302355
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302355
childhood obesity in elementary schools related to decreased access to physical education
Post an analysis of the descriptive study you selected. Provide a brief description of the study and answer all the indicated “To Prepare” questions about the study. Be specific. Then, pose any questions to colleagues you have from your examination of this research study.
TO PREPARE:
• Consider the following questions about the study you choose and reflect on how to address them in your Discussion post:
o Do the concepts, theory, and research design all align? Why or why not?
o Is the method clearly explained? Why or why not?
o Why is a descriptive quantitative method appropriate for this study?
o How is a descriptive quantitative approach demonstrated in the study?
o Is the data collection method explained clearly enough that you could replicate this study? Why or why not?
o What method was used for data analysis?
• Reflect on additional questions—prompted by this article and the focus on descriptive quantitative research design—to pose to colleagues for guidance.
With these thoughts in mind …
LEARNING RESOURCES MUST USE A MINIMUM OF TWO OF THE BELOW RESOURCES
Gray, J. R., & Grove, S. K. (2021). Burns and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (9th ed.). Elsevier.
• Chapter 3, “Introduction to Quantitative Research” (pp. 46–74)
• Chapter 10, “Quantitative Methodology: Noninterventional Designs and Methods” (Descriptive Designs, pp. 248–252)
• Chapter 5, “Research Problem and Purpose” (Examples of Research Topics, Problems, and Purposes for Different Types of Research: Quantitative Research; Table 5.1: Descriptive Research, Correlational Research, pp. 116–119)
Office of Research and Doctoral Services. (2015, August 13). Overview of quantitative research [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwU8as9ZNlA
Note: This media program is approximately 22 minutes.
Office of Research and Doctoral Services. (2019, October 2). Research design alignment table [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bddf_VlPTl4&t=34s
Note: This media program is approximately 5 minutes. The table document is provided as an Optional Resource. You may choose to use the table document to help in analyzing alignment of your research design.
Walden University. (2019, September 23). Short video: Find quantitative articles [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OjBBAymdI
Note: This media program is approximately 2 minutes.
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