Assignment
Quantitative Research: Article Summary.
This assignment is aimed at giving students an opportunity to select and analyze a real quantitative research study and explain how it may or may not be able to help improve an aspect of health care delivery. This will be a 3 - 5 page paper that meets the general writing guidelines which are outlined in the syllabus.
This assignment should be carried out as follows:
Step 1: Study selection - Select the article that most interests you.
1. A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control (Article1)
2. Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012 (Article2)
3. The Quality of Surgical and Pneumonia Care in Minority-Serving and Racially Integrated Hospitals (Article3)
Step 2: Summary: Write a 3 - 5 page summary and analysis of the key aspects of the article you selected. In this summary you should cover the following items in the article:
• Describe the research hypothesis in the article
• Describe the type of quantitative research design selected and why this design was chosen by the author(s), i.e. Descriptive, Correlational, Causal-comparative/quasi-experimental research or Experimental research.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.