The focus for Week 2 is on questions: PICOT/PICo and practice questions.
Using the area of interest from Week 1, identify the following.
Will you be using a quantitative or qualitative approach for your EBP project proposal?
Explain why this approach is the best one to provide information for your area of interest.
Create a PICOT/PICo question using the PICOT/PICo format for quantitative and PICo for qualitative approaches.
Identify your practice question, being sure to include the following.
For a quantitative approach
A questioning part such as "what is," "what are," "is there," or "are there"
Population being studied
Variables being studied
Suggestion of the relationship between variables
For a qualitative approach
Phenomenon or concept of interest
Group or population of interest
Suggestion of which qualitative research design is being used