NURS 200W Lesson 3 Assignment

NURS 200W
Lesson 3 Assignment

Name: ___________________________________

You
may write your answers to the questionsdirectly below each questionon this document. APA format is required for all
parts of this assignment.

1. Read the assigned article for Lesson 3. Answer
the following questions:

a. What was the purpose of the study?

b. Describe the sample.

c. How was the sample obtained?

d. Is the sample likely to be representative of the
population? Why or Why not?

e. Identify the study variables and label the
variable types (independent, dependent, extraneous).

f. Describe how the main study variables were
measured.

2. Complete the following table, “Comparing
Quantitative and Qualitative Research.”
You may need to refer back to earlier chapters and/or look up
information on the web to help you complete the table. Type your answers into the table cells, they
will expand as you type.

CHARACTERISTIC

QUANTITATIVE

QUALITATIVE

Purpose

Sample Size

Data Collection Methods

Type of Data

Data Analysis

Findings