Take your research question and approach it in three different ways: 1. Use a survey of a target population to investigate the research question. Define your target population for your research question including inclusion and exclusion criteria. What are the ethical considerations for this population? Who are the “gatekeepers” of the target population? What type of survey will you conduct (see table 12.3)? Give examples of open-ended and close-ended questions that you would include in your survey. 2. Conduct a systematic literature review (SLR) to more closely assess the issue. Discuss how you would conduct a SLR on your research topic and how this differs from your preliminary literature review for your proposal. 3. Use a secondary data source. Choose at least two sources that are useful for your research question. Your text gives examples of sources in Chapter 9 but you may use other sources as well. Define the data that is pertinent to your topic and discuss how it can be used in your research. 4. Define and discuss some basic statistics used in research. Use three (3) articles you included in your literature research or others that are relevant to your research topic. Define the statistics used in the research study which may include ANOVA, linear regression, hazard ratios, confidence intervals, etc. Report the important results of the papers, Why did the authors use these statistics? Do the statistics support the author’s conclusions? Did the authors use a purely quantitative study or a mixed methods approach? Explain.
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