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Examples of Quantitative Analysis in Research [WLO: 2] [CLOs: 2, 3] |
Locate an example of a research study that uses quantitative analysis. Explain what this statistical method allowed the researchers to accomplish and conclude in the study.
Respond to Shaun Scale post
HRV- Heart Rate Variability ponder with scooters, the quantitative strategy that was utilized is the enlightening plan. The distinct structure portrays the present status of a variable. There is no speculation toward the start of the examination. When every one of the information is gathered which is for the most part in perception, at that point the speculation is created. The expressive strategy permitted the examination concentrate to take a gander at how the factors of the various scooters influenced the ten solid subjects (Ramasamy, Adalarasu, and Patel, 2018). The beat oximeter was taken previously, amid, and after the motorbike riding.
The distinction of the beat oximeters in the five unique scooters prompts their decision of the investigation (Ramasamy, Adalarasu, and Patel, 2018). The pulse fluctuation is a developing worry over the globe. The pulse irregularity can affect a few heart infections. The investigation reasoned that the heavier loads of the scooters, the more danger of pulse changeability (Ramasamy, Adalarasu, and Patel, 2018). At the point when on a scooter there is likewise vibration to the body which in turns makes chance the pulse changeability. The speed of the scooter additionally influences the pulse fluctuation (Ramasamy, Adalarasu, and Patel, 2018). There are some different variables found that additionally affect the pulse fluctuation, for example, wheel measurement, body plan, and vehicle suspension (Ramasamy, Adalarasu, and Patel, 2018). Every one of the components can be and are evaluated which results in the measurable technique for quantitative examination. The exploration utilizing quantitative investigation can help demonstrate that there should be ergonomic mediations to scooters to help decline the pulse fluctuation chance (Ramasamy, Adalarasu, and Patel, 2018).
Reference:
Ramasamy, S., Adalarasu, K., & Patel, T. N. (2018). Quantitative analysis of heart rate variability exposures in motorbike riders. Biomedical Research (India), 29(10), 2078-2082.
Respond to Reginald Whimbush post
Effects of health care problems can lead to devastating effects on patients, both directly and indirectly. A research was conducted by (Watts, et al., 2015), on the prevalence of anxiety and clinical depression in prostate cancer patients undergoing active surveillance. The objective of the research was to quantitatively determine the prevalence of depression and anxiety. The target study group was men an active surveillance (AS) using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Secondary care prostate cancer (PCa) clinics across Western, Central, and South England was the setting for the research. Out of 426 men with a historical diagnosis of PCa, 313 men were picked as participants of the analysis. Quantitative analysis gives researchers the opportunity to design studies in ways which they can get the most optimal results for the hypothesis being tested.
Through the use of quantitative analysis in the research, the study was able to present both the primary and secondary outcome measures. The analysis was able to incorporate the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) which improved the validity of the primary outcome measures. The primary outcome of the study was defined in the design stage of the study and this reduced the risk of both false-positive and false-negative errors (Lind, Marchal, & Wathen, 2017). The results from the research were quantitative in nature which meant they could be statistically analysed and can be useful in decision making. The large sample size was used to enable the analysis results capture a statistical significance in approving or disapproving the hypothesis being tested. The effect size of the quantitative analysis results from the research was huge because the findings can be duplicated and used in other areas dealing with the prevalence of anxiety and clinical depression in prostate cancer patients.
References
Lind, D. A., Marchal, W. G., & Wathen, S. A. (2017). Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics. McGraw-Hill (2017).
Watts, S., Leydon, G., Eyles, C., Moore, C. M., Richardson, A., Birch, B., . . . Lewith, G. (2015). A quantitative analysis of the prevalence of clinical depression and anxiety in patients with prostate cancer undergoing active surveillance. BMJ open, 5(5), e006674.
Respond to Crystal Carter post
Well this was interesting. I had almost no clue what any of the examples using quantitative analysis were. Most of the language was scientific or written in a way I had no idea what it was. Finally, I came across one that dealt with smart phones and their computational power and storage space, and that was complicated to read.
Quantitative analysis was used to examine how to get the User Equipment (UE) to offload a task. The looked at “a UE has two possibilities to offload its task. One possibility is to offload the task to a local MC using wifi interface. Second is to offload it to a remote cloud over the internet using an LTE interface” (Usman, Akhtar, & Granelli, 2018). The researchers used statistical analysis to document which interfaces were used and how frequently. They chose to graph their findings once the data was compiled, which I found helpful. Looking at a large set of numbers can be confusing, but the graph is much easier to digest. The quantitative analysis was also used to breakdown the relationship between the megabytes and how that affects the energy consumption of the device. I thought it was a pretty interesting study.
6. Usman, A. Akhtar, M. Qaraqe and F. Granelli. (2018) "Remote Cloud vs Local Mobile Cloud: A Quantitative Analysis" IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1-6. Retrieved from https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/document/8648069?arnumber=8648069&SID=EBSCO:edseee (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
