exam 3 scholaly writing

What is a Literature Review

•A practical piece of writing that builds an evidence-based story

Literature Review design

•Scoping review

•Systematic review

•Meta-synthesis

•Meta-analysis

•Narrative review

what level does a litersture review fall

Plan review

•: identify the issue & determine the question; write a plan (protocol) for the conduct of the review

‒Identify team members / stakeholders

Identify relevant studies

search for & select relevant literature (search strategy)

Extract data/analyze findings

data extraction & potential assessment of quality of included studies

Synthesize data (& appraisal)

data is combined or pooled using various methods

Write the review

overall findings are discussed & concluded

Research question

Identify gaps or contradictions in knowledge about a given issue

High importance or impact

Research proposal

a written document that organizes & describes a plannedprocess of research to address the research problem or answer a question

Why write a research proposal?

Required!

• IRB approval

• Grant funding application

what is included in a research proposal 

A step-by-step ‘how to’ guide

• Research project planned from start to finish

what are elements of a research proposal 

• statement of need 

• background and significance 

• methods 

Methodological approach

Procedures

• Order of study events

• Timeline

• Data collection approach

• Roles of study team members

Data analysis plan

How the data will be organized & analyzed to test whether the original aims or hypotheses were accomplished

Descriptive statistics (quantiataitve) 

describe the social & demographic characteristics of the study sample & are also used in descriptive studies to summarize the data

• Frequency, proportion, percentage data, measures of central tendency

Inferential statistics

used in hypothesis testing; test whether two groups different in terms of an important characteristic

• Pair statistical test with a hypothesis

norminal 

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ordinal

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interval

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ratio 

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