QUANTITATIVE

Use disciplinary resources, research how quantitative research is used in your discipline. Using this information, write an essay that describes how quantitative research tools can be used to aid in decision making within your field. Be sure your essay addresses the following questions/topics:

1. Describe specific quantitative methods and tools that could be used within your discipline to gather data. Include your rationale.

2. Evaluate their effectiveness with respect to certain areas within your discipline.

3. Include company or organizational examples within your essay, as relevant.

4. In your opinion, what is the future of quantitative research both within your discipline and in general?

Your APA-formatted response must be a minimum of three pages (not including the title page and the reference page) and must include an introduction, a thesis statement (concise summary of the main point of the paper), and a clear discussion of the questions/topics above. Your response must include a minimum of two credible references. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

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 methodological issues of online data collection. Nurse Researcher, 20(1), 11-20. Retrieved from

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O’Cathain, A., & Thomas, K. J. (2004). "Any other comments?" Open questions on questionnaires -- a bane or a bonus to research? BMC Medical Research Methodology, 4, 25-31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-4-

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Rayhan, R. U., Yin, Z., Uddin, E., Timbol, C., Adewuyi, O., & Baraniuk, J. N. (2013). Administer and collect medical questionnaires with Google documents: A simple, safe, and free system. Applied MedicalInformatics, 33(3), 12-21. Retrieved from

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Riva, G., Teruzzi, T., & Anolli, L. (2003). The use of the Internet in psychological research: Comparison of online and offline questionnaires. Cyberpsychology & Behavior 6(1), 73-80.doi: 10.1089/109493103321167983 Retrieved from

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Gramenz, G. (2013). Into [sic] to research methodology [Video file]. Retrieved from

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LGuNn9Q0bI

PACE mySPH. (2012, February 20). Quantitative vs. qualitative data [Video file]. Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKrT_IegoU