Week 12 Assignment 1: Critiquing a Quantitative Research Study

Value: 100 points

Due: Day 7

Grading category: Assignments

Overview

You will be writing a quantitative critique on one of the studies provided. You will critically appraise the study in a paper.

Choose One of the Following Quantitative Journal Articles:

  • da Silva João, A. L., & Saldanha Portelada, A. F. (2019). Mobbing and its Impact on interpersonal relationships at the workplace. Journal of Interpersonal Violence34(13), 2797–2812.
  • Dokun-Mowete, C. A., Sharma, M., & Beatty, F. (2019). Using Multitheory Model to Predict Low-salt Intake Among Nigerian Adults Living with Hypertension. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 39(4), 245–255.
  • Kashyap, N., Krishnan, N., Kaur, S., & Ghai, S. (2019). Risk Factors of Cervical Cancer: A Case-Control Study. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 6(3), 308–314.

Assignment Instructions

Read your selected journal article entirely.

Analyze the journal article and use the specific questions that are outlined in Gray, Grove, and Sutherland (2017) found on pages 445 through 449 to construct your analysis of your chosen qualitative research study.

These are the main headers of your paper:

  • Identifying the Steps of the Quantitative Research Process
  • Determination of Strengths and Weaknesses of Quantitative Studies
  • Evaluating a Quantitative Study

You have many questions to address in your assignment this week. They should be in complete sentences (i.e., bullet point responses are not acceptable).

APA format is required. Page length, excluding the title and references list, is between five and seven pages.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

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