NOTE: Since the purpose of this course is to understand Statistical Research, I expect you to reference at least three (3) peer-reviewed QUANTITATIVE studies within this assignment. All recommendations that you make and your plan should be backed-up with RESEARCH.
Part A: Formulate a Problem in your Field of Interest
(400-500 words, 20 pts.)
Introduce your “Case Study”
• Provide a description of a problem case study you might confront in your field (i am a vocational evaluator).
• Describe your case (such as a client,). Describe the problem. Describe your role in intervening in this person’s problem (i.e. within context of your field of vocational evaluator).
• Provide relevant background for your case (e.g. age, gender, cultural and socio-economic background, etc.).
• Provide relevant background for case’s problem (e.g. a brief introduction with references).
Identify your Question – this must be ANSWERABLE with evidence from studies that use Quantitative Interventions.
• INTERVENTIONS cover a wide range of activities from drug treatments and other clinical therapies, to lifestyle changes (e.g. diet or exercise) and social activities (e.g. an education program). Interventions can include individual patient care or population health activities (e.g. screening for diseases such as cervical or prostate cancer).
• Choose one question. Ensure it is an ‘effectiveness question’ (i.e. does treatment X work?)
• Ensure that you make the link between your question and your case objective.
• * Examples of Case Studies and Questions provided on separate Document**
Part B: Review Tables
(1 page per study (at least 3 studies), 50 pts.)
The Review Table
• Choose the best three articles you found and complete data extraction of relevant information of the best articles in a table format (please see sample table below)
• This section should be logically organized, appropriate length, and concise. In addition, terms/short-forms should be understandable (easy to read by outsider).
• Each table should include the following information:
o Article Citation, Purpose/research question/intervention, Method, Sample/sampling frame, Measures, Results, Effect sizes, Methodological strengths and weaknesses
Copy and paste the following table into your document:
Citation
& Research
Question
Intervention
Research
Design
& Sample
Measure(s)
Results
Strengths
& Weaknesses
Part C: Critical Review
(800-1000 words, 25 pts.)
Critical Reviews
• Write an integrated critical review of the articles (at least 3) to judge the evidence.
• Compare and contrast the most important methodological strengths of studies and how these impact your confidence in the conclusions of the different studies
• Compare and contrast the most important methodological weaknesses of the studies
• Compare and contrast the potential for bias of the studies
• Relate strengths and weakness of the research to your research question & implications for your field of practice
• Taking into account the strengths and weakness of the research and methodological limitations, tell your reader what you can confidently conclude on the basis of this evidence. (i.e. what works, what doesn’t work, etc.)
References & Format
(5 pts.)
• Provide an APA formatted reference list for all references and selected articles.
• Your paper should be typed, double-spaced, in a 12 point font.
• Title each SECTION of your paper by the PARTS (A – C) and Sections as I have outlined above (i.e. Part A: Formulate a Problem in your Field of Interest, etc.)
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