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Analyzing Public Health Research Assignment -

Professional Context - This assignment provides an opportunity for you to analyze qualitative and quantitative research studies and write abstracts for them. These studies are linked in the Resources.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

Competency 1: Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context.

• Explain why a chosen quantitative research methodology is appropriate to answer a specific research question.
• Explain why a chosen qualitative research methodology is appropriate to answer a specific research question.

Competency 2: Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy, or practice.

• Explain the central features of a quantitative research study.
• Explain the central features of a qualitative research study.

Competency 3: Communicate audience-appropriate public health content in a logically structured and concise manner, writing clearly with correct use of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and APA style.

• Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.

Scenario -

Imagine that you are teaching students who are new to the public health field to understand research studies. You're going to choose one qualitative study and one quantitative study for the students to read, and you want to preface each study with a few succinct sentences that will help your students to understand the study.

Instructions -

Given two quantitative and two qualitative research studies, minus the abstracts, choose one quantitative study and one qualitative study to analyze. Then, write a 250-word abstract for each one.

As you read each study, take notes that will help you write the abstracts. Consider:

• The purpose of the research.
• How the sample of participants was selected.
• The rationale given for the choice of a qualitative versus a quantitative approach.
• The main findings of the study.
• Any limitations of the study.
• Any recommendations made for further research.

In addition, keep a record of key words or concepts to add to each abstract.

Document Format and Length - Each abstract should be 250 words in length.

Research Study Analysis Requirements -

The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Analyzing Public Health Research Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

Explain why your chosen quantitative research methodology is appropriate to answer a specific research question.

Explain why your chosen qualitative research methodology is appropriate to answer a specific research question.

Explain the central features of your chosen quantitative research study.

• The purpose of the study.
• Sample selection.
• Main findings.
• Study limitations.

Explain the central features of your chosen qualitative research study.

• The purpose of the study.
• Sample selection.
• Main findings.
• Study limitations.

Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.

Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.

Note Proofread your research study abstracts before you submit them to minimize errors that detract from the quality of your writing and the substance of your analysis.

Attachment:- Assignment Files.rar