Mixed methods research design is popular in many research settings because it offers a set of advantages as well as a flexibility that cannot be matched by other available methods. This method combines some of the features from both quantitative and Continue Reading...
ascertaining the link between depression and eating disorders, with particular focus on young adults and teens. Not much information is available on the subject of eating disorder (ED)-diagnosed persons' nutritional status and food consumption. The Continue Reading...
Counseling Review and selection of counseling-related research article using a qualitative methodology A review of peer-reviewed counseling-related research articles using a qualitative methodology that were published within the last 10 years iden Continue Reading...
Baxter P. & Jack S. Qualitative Case Study Approach: Design and Implementation for Inexperienced Researchers. The Qualitative Report, 13(4), 544-559 This paper treats case study as an approach in research. A qualitative case study approach avail Continue Reading...
learning for you in considering these materials. What variations in research approach to your dissertation topic might be suggested by them? What encouragement, related reading, or other ideas can you suggest? "Experience" is a term increasingly ba Continue Reading...
ELLs to Learn Kinematics: A Phenomenological Assessment This study aims to discover the effective methods of teaching English language learners (ELLs) the basics of kinematics in an introductory course to physics. The students chosen from a selecti Continue Reading...
urban area of Tampa, Florida, and serves as an instrumental case study of how an urban locale can address problems of environmental health and safety. Specifically, this study assesses the failures and successes of Tampa to regulate and reduce water Continue Reading...
Reading Comprehension in the Middle Grades Reading comprehension refers to a complex, active process that incorporates reader-related (linguistic awareness), activity-related (studying for the purpose of keeping information in mind for retrieval in Continue Reading...
Impaired Driving on American Society Supporting Rationale: This topic was chosen because many impaired driving cases are reduced or dismissed because of the errors made by police officers as discussed further below. Today, there is increasing conc Continue Reading...
Managing Different Perspectives in the Literature One of the strengths of qualitative literature -- as well as one of its frustrations -- is its innate subjectivity. Different authors may present the reader with different approaches, both of which c Continue Reading...
Bipolar psychiatric disorder (BD) -- which is characterized by "…cycles of depression and mania" -- is a "euphoric, high-energy state" that can produce remarkable bursts of creativity or, on the other hand, can produce erratic behavioral events Continue Reading...
social science research are qualitative and quantitative research methods. Qualitative research is believed to operate from a subjective, constructionist view of reality, whereas quantitative research operates from an objective, positivist viewpoint Continue Reading...
African-American Women in New York State "About 30% of Hispanic and 20% of African-Americans lack a usual source of health care compared with less than 16% of European-Americans" (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003). "Racial and ethnic Continue Reading...
As it has been mentioned throughout the previous sections, the literature review represents the research conducted through secondary sources. The information is divided into six distinct sub-sections as follows: 2.1. Consumer behaviour 2.2. Maslow Continue Reading...
The results were found to be similar with regards to the scales of RCMAS (a 37 item measure), STAIC (for the 20 item state scale measure only), CDI (a 27 item measure) and FSSC-R (an 80 item measure). The trait scale of STAIC showed a few variations Continue Reading...
Jamison's work, Allen notes, has drawn public attention to the intertwined relationship or creativity and manic depressive disorder. Poets, out of all the artists, appear to suffer most often from mood disorders. One study Jamison notes, estimates Continue Reading...
Health and Blind Spot Enlargement in Non-Athletes Everyone has a blind spot in the visual field caused by an absence of nerves on the retinal wall where the nerve ganglia enter. Our brains "correct" for this blind spot and fill-in the missing inform Continue Reading...
Qualitative Design The qualitative design of the study conducted by Van Oostveen, Mathijssen and Vermeulen (2015) entitled “Nurse Staffing Issues are Just the tip of the Iceberg: A Qualitative Study About Nurses’ Perceptions of Nurse Staf Continue Reading...
Both qualitative and quantitative research methods have the potential to yield reliable, valid, and important information that can be used to inform public policy. Criminal justice researchers use a wide range of research methods, which vary dependin Continue Reading...
Divorce on Children Children of divorce can be negatively impacted by the separation of parents and the concomitant stress associated with the parents' relationship. These negative effects can range from mild cases to extreme, and can differ accord Continue Reading...
ELLs: Identification and Intervention Why the Overrepresentation of ELLs in the Classroom Artiles, Rueda, Salazar and Higareda (2005) state that ELLs are overrepresented in the classroom because of a "tendency to overestimate the homogeneity of pop Continue Reading...
HIV Successful Women The evaluation plan that will be deployed to measure the effectiveness and success of African-American women will revolve around a semi-structured interview with participants who meet certain demographic requirements. The focus Continue Reading...
Qualitative vs. quantitative research While quantitative research uses the scientific method to prove or disprove a hypothesis in a numerical fashion, qualitative research is narrative in scope and studies phenomena from a subjective, open-ended per Continue Reading...
Bipolar I disorder is an axis 1 clinical disorder in the DSM-IV and is a serious mental illness that can lead to suicidal ideation or action. The history of bipolar disorder research is a long one, and understanding of the disease has deepened consid Continue Reading...
inductive manner or a deductive manner. Quantitative research is deductive and is conducted according to a hypothesis that has been generated from a review of the literature in the field of study. Qualitative research, on the other hand, is an induc Continue Reading...
"A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area, and sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time period" (University of North Carolina, 2007). For example, a person who is studying educa Continue Reading...
Women Objectification Women's Objectification in Society Women's Objectification in Society It is crucial to notice the language we use when we talk about bodies. We speak as if there was one collective perfect body, a singular entity that we're a Continue Reading...
Chronic Wound Care: Nursing Assessment And Intervention Chronic Wound Care: Nursing Assessment and Intervention Chronic Wound Care: Nursing Assessment and Intervention Chronic wounds are a challenge for both the clinician and the patient. For the Continue Reading...
Kurt Lewin is widely acknowledged as a seminal theorist (Smith, 2001) who made an indelible impact on the field of psychology through his work on the cognitive and motivational processes of individuals, the dynamics of intra- and intergroup relations Continue Reading...
Weapons of Mass DestructionIntroductionThis paper addresses the methodology, and discusses the findings of the research. It also offers conclusions and recommendations for addressing the problem of WMD prevention. It applies the theoretical perspecti Continue Reading...
Criteria for Evaluating Qualitative Research Qualitative research is different from quantitative in that the data analyzed and the methods by which the data are analyzed are unique. Qualitative research tends to be exploratory—the data obtained Continue Reading...
Research Methodologies and Implications for Modern Businesses Today, two of the primary methods of collecting relevant information and interpreting it in unique ways to benefit business operations are qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Altho Continue Reading...
Introduction Psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and humanistic, transpersonal, and existential (HTE) psychology are the three primary movements in the study of the human experience. Each of these movements uses different research methodologies and epistemo Continue Reading...
Depression is a deeply personal issue that many people battle with each year. Persistnt depression categorized as dysthymia can be another more treacherous kind of monster that plagues those suffering from mental illness. While quantitative data can Continue Reading...
Liberation Theology as an Analytical Reflection on Praxis, and Where Theology and Humankind Embrace One among the most important Christian theological developments within the past 100 years is liberation theology. The doctrine's advocates regard Continue Reading...
Dreams, Why Do We Have Them and What Do They Mean Origins and Significance The main causes of dream have been assigned to two major thoughts-natural and supernatural. The natural cause has further been categorized as psychological and physiological Continue Reading...
Dreams Mental illness impacts all areas of a person's life, from social interactions to self-perception, from cognitive functioning to spiritual belief systems. Dreams are no exception. Every person spends a good deal of time in the dreaming state, Continue Reading...
