Do patients with a specific intervention/assessment have better outcomes?

Step 1 Before you focus on your specific topic, consider these questions:

• What is quantitative research methodology?
• What types of quantitative research questions would best help you obtain useful quantitative data relating to your problem of interest?
• How would you approach quantitative research methodology in a study relating to your problem of interest?

Step 2 Consider the following questions before posting to the discussion board:

• Why do we do it this way?
• Are there better ways to assess or intervene?
• Do patients with a specific intervention/assessment have better outcomes?

Step 3 Post a response to the discussion board.

In your initial post, respond to the following questions:

• Consider your research problem/research question. How could you study your topic using quantitative research—specifically, what type of quantitative research questions would you use and why?
• Explain quantitative research methodology and what types of research questions benefit from quantitative studies.
• Explain how you would approach studying your problem of interest using quantitative research methodology.
• Outline the steps you would take and propose a research problem, purpose statement, research question, and hypothesis.
• What are some assumptions and limitations in your study?
• Will the study be experimental or non-experimental? Explain your choices and provide rationale.
• What types of research questions would best help you answer your research problem or question of interest and why?