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Competency

Evaluate research and data that can help answer the research question and support a hypothesis.

Student Success Criteria

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Scenario

You are a first-year graduate student. You are taking a graduate course on research and writing. In this assignment, your professor has asked you to evaluate the research and data in two studies related to a research question you are interested in.

Instructions

In a paper for your professor, do the following:

· Find two scholarly research articles in the Rasmussen library related to a research question you are interested in. Indicate the research question. Be sure to provide APA citations and provide the library permalinks for the two articles.

· Evaluate how data was used in these studies:

· Is the data credible and reliable? Support your answer.

· Is the data well documented in the paper? Support your answer.

· Evaluate the data analysis and interpretation. Does the data support the hypothesis and help answer the research question? Support your answer.

· Discuss the ethical issues that may arise as you conduct your research study. How will you address those issues?

Resources

For writing assistance, please visit the  Rasmussen University Writing Guide .

For help with APA, visit the  Rasmussen University APA Guide .

Library databases such as the following are great resources for this project:

· Health Sciences

· CINAHL Plus

· Health Sciences and Nursing via ProQuest

· Medline

· Business

· Business Source Complete

· Business via ProQuest

Another database that you may be interested in knowing about is  ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global . You can view original research, view research design, data gathering techniques, etc.

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