training for foster parents (i.e. foster care‚ pre-services training‚ training‚ development‚ foster children‚ placements…). “The research topic emerges from the literature of the discipline and must be acceptable within that discipline” (Qualitative Research Proposal‚ n.d.‚ para. 2). From the word search over 30 articles have been obtained for this research plan‚ several articles and dissertations were selected to review to further determine the gaps in research. There are many contributing factors
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Qualitative Research Proposal Exploratory Field Research For my field research observation site I chose the flea market (la pulga) located in Alamo‚ Texas. I chose this specific site because in our Mexican American culture families tend to go there to buy cheap merchandise. Although many people go there many of the things they buy there can or is related to crime. I chose this flea market because it is close to home and there are usually a high number of people there during the weekends. There
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Research Proposal I chose drugs for my topic of my first research paper. I decided that it was to broad of a topic so I broke it down to just one of many drugs‚ marijuana. I want to find out how it controls people’s lives and how it changes or controls the way they think. The group that I plan to target was college students but considering I attend IUP‚ I decided to just focus my research on IUP students. I would like to find out many different things about marijuana‚ except I haven’t narrowed
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States government documents drug related deaths in our country‚ breaking the deaths down into categories of cause. These categories include tobacco‚ alcohol‚ prescription medications‚ illegal drug‚ and of course marijuana related deaths. Every year the number of deaths coming from marijuana is equivalent to zero. So why is there even controversy over the issue of legalization? Obviously‚ there are still some people out there who believe the drug is a topic for concern in our nation. In recent years
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Qualitative Study Evaluation Edwina Williams u5a1 Capella University Fall November 2011: Address (optional): City‚ State‚ Zip (optional): Phone (optional): E-mail: Instructor: Vickie Claflin Qualitative Study Evaluation Evaluation of the Title The title of this research study is: The internet and student research: teaching critical evaluation skills. I believe that this title is suitable for the research study because it is an overview of the
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The purpose of the study was to study the dating violence experience of LGB youth as compared to heterosexual youth by using a cross-sectional research design. Dank‚ Zweig‚ and Yhaner (2014)‚ empirical study‚ analyzed and compared the dating violence experienced by Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and Transgender youth to heterosexual youth in the same age group in the UK. There are four research questions that is a logical extension of the purpose of the study. These four questions address the problem examined
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Caregivers often put their own health and needs aside to care for their family member. The article “Family Caregivers’ Experiences of Caring for Patients with Heart Failure: A Descriptive‚ Exploratory Qualitative Study” by Shahram Etemadifar‚ Masoud Bahrami‚ Mohsen Shahriari‚ Alireza Khosravi Farsani is a study of the experiences from a caregivers point of view. The level of evidence of this research article is
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Research is defined by Parahoo (2006‚ p. 472) as “the study of phenomena by the rigorous and systematic collection and analysis of data”. Nursing research is necessary as up-to-date knowledge is vital for appropriate nursing and midwifery decision making. In order to improve upon health outcomes and provide effective care‚ research should inform best practice and provide an evidence base with which to underpin nursing care. The two studies to be analysed in this assignment are‚ ‘Final-year student
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The Nature of Qualitative Studies Levonda J. Selph California InterContinental University (CalUniv) GRC 600 – Unit 4 August 5‚ 2014 Dr. Al Infande Introduction The purpose of this paper is to write a seven page essay with multiple sources including Elizabeth J. Tisdell’s (2000) paper on Spiritual Development and Commitments to Emancipotory Education in Women Adult Educators for Social Change in comparison to Sharan B. Merriam’s paper on How Cultural Values Shape Learning
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This is a qualitative study conducted at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a lifestyle behavioral intervention to increase physical activity among patients with moderate to severe COPD. (Wortz‚ K. 2012) 54 patients of age 45 or older were randomly selected from April 2010 through January 2011 using a patient registry database with a coded diagnosis of COPD along with physician referrals. Data collection consisted
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