Hoofdstuk 4: research problems

Question 1

What are some criteria for research problems ?

Answer 1

1. Significance: does it contribute ?
2. Researchability: is it possible to be researched ?
3. Feasibility: e.g.: Time, money, experience, participants, equipment, ethics,…
4. Research intrest

Question 2

Wording in research questions?

Answer 2

1. Clear and concise
2. Directional or non-directional
3. Research hypothesis= okay NULL hypothesis= not okay (statistics)

Question 3

A rationale (explanation) contains… ?

Answer 3

1. Problem identification
2. Background (context)
3. Scope: how big, #people, ..
4. Consequence (of not researching)
5. Knowledge gaps (lacking info)
6. Proposed solution (or how to contribute to it)

Question 4

What are sources for research questions ?

Answer 4

1. Clinical experience
2. Quality improvement
3. Literature
4. Social issues
5. Theories
6. Idead from external people

Question 5

Describe the process of topic selecting

Answer 5

• Creative process (slow)
• Preliminary ideas
• Sort ideas:
  - Interest of researcher
  - Knowledge
  - Feasability

Question 6

How do you narrow a topic ?

Answer 6

1. ask broad questions
2. Beware of problems too complex
3. Multiple problems will emerge
4. Each problem would be studied diffrent
5. Evaluate

Question 7

Statement of purpose ?

Answer 7

=Summarize the research goals

–> PICO (population, intervention, camparison, outcome)

Question 8

Research questions ( how to use variables): dependant and independant.

Answer 8

Example: in (p), does (iv) affect the risk of (dv)

Question 9

Explain inductive and deductive hypotheses

Answer 9

Deductive: theory is starting point, hypothesis supported => theory strengthened
Inductive: Observation => generalizations