Please develop each topic in a discussion form. Follow carefully the instructions for each topic. APA style is mandatory( this also including the cited references for each topic).
1.Select one of the conceptual models or theories described in chapter 6. Formulate a research question and one to two hypotheses that could be used empirically to test the utility of the conceptual framework or model in nursing practice.
2.Suppose you are going to conduct a study utilizing Quantitative Research Design: which type of research would you use, and which method would you utilize to collect data and select your sample.
3.Describe why you were to chose a specific method to select a sample over other method. Defend the method you preferred.
4.Suppose you were planning to conduct a statewide study of the work plans and intentions of nonemployed registered nurses in your state. Would you ask mostly open-ended questions or closed-ended questions? Defend your answer.
5.Which level of measurement would you preferred to utilize for a quantitative research? Defend your answer.
6.In your opinion which of the following topics is best suited to a phenomenological inquiry? To a ethnography? To a grounded theory study? Provide a rational for each response.
a-The passage through menarche among Hatian refugee
b-The process of coping among AIDS patients
c-The experience of having a child with leukemia
d-Rituals relating to dying among nursing home residents
e-Decision making processes among nurses regarding do-not-resucitate orders
7.Suppose you are going to conduct a study utilizing Qualitative Research Design: which type of research would you use, and which method would you utilize to collect data and select your sample.
8.Read a qualitative nursing study. If a different investigator had gone into the field to study the same problem, how likley is it that the conclusions would have been the same? How transferable are the research's findings?
9.You have been asked to be a peer reviewer for a team of nurse researchers who are conducting a phenomenological study of the experiences of physical abuse during pregnancy. What specific questions would you ask the team during debriefing and what documents would you want the researchers to share?