Research Designs Matrix
Research Designs Matrix
Use the two faculty-approved articles from Week Three to complete this assignment:
Create a comparison matrix that describes the components of the research study. Be sure to include the following in your matrix:
- Major differences, as it relates to the components, between qualitative and quantitative designs
- Identify levels of evidence provided by each study and the implications to its validity.
- The key details of the two research approaches
- Some important areas to highlight in the description include:
- Summary of the problem statement
- Delimitations and/or Assumptions
- Definition of concepts or terms
- Hypothesis/research question
- Research methodology
- Results
- Implications of the studyCimiotti, J. P., Aiken, L. H., Sloane, D. M., & Wu, E. S. (2012). Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care-associated infection. American journal of infection control, 40(6), 486-490.Use the attached Matrix for the assignment.
- Billeter?Koponen, S., & Freden, L. (2005). Long?term stress, burnout and patient-nurse relations: qualitative interview study about nurses’ experiences. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 19(1), 20-27.
- Here are the two Faculty approved articles to use for this assignment: one is quantitative and the other is qualitative.
HCS/542: Health Care Research
Week 4 Team Assignment – Research Designs Matrix
Learning Team:
| Qualitative | Quantitative | |
| Major Differences between qualitative and quantitative research designs (in general) | ||
| Research Article Reference | ||
| Summary of Problem Statement | ||
| Delimitations or Assumptions | ||
| Definitions of concepts or terms | ||
| Hypothesis/research question | ||
| Research Methodology | ||
| Results | ||
| Level of evidence provided by study | ||
| Implications of the study |
