Quantitative Study

Citation: Authors: __________________________________________________________

Title: __________________________________________________________

Journal: __________________________________________________________

Year: ______ Volume: ________ Issue: _____ Pages: ______

Type of Study: Quantitative Qualitative Mixed Method

Location/setting: ___________________________________________________ Multi-site

Key Concepts/ Concepts: _____________________________________________________________

Variables (or Codes): Intervention/Independent Variable(s):_______________________________________

Dependent Variable(s):___________________________________________________

Controlled Variable(s):___________________________________________________

Framework/Theory: ______________________________________________________________________

Quant. Design: Experimental Quasi-experimental Nonexperimental

Specific Design: ________________________________________________________

Blinding? None Yes: Who? ____________________________________

Description of Intervention: _______________________________________________

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Comparison group(s):____________________________________________________

Cross-sectional Longitudinal/prospective No. of data collection points: ______

Rate of refusal/nonparticipation: ______% Rate of attrition: _____%

Qual. Tradition: Grounded theory Phenomenology Ethnography

Descriptive Other: __________

Sample: Size: ___________ Sampling method: ____________________________________

Sample characteristics: __________________________________________________

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Data Sources: Type: Self-report Observational Biophysiologic Other_____

Description of measures: _________________________________________________

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Data Quality: __________________________________________________________

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Statistical Tests: Bivariate (e.g., t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s r): __________________________________

Multivariate (e.g., multiple regression, logistic regression):_______________________

Findings/Themes/ ______________________________________________________________________

Effect Sizes ______________________________________________________________________

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Conclusions: ______________________________________________________________________

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Strengths: ______________________________________________________________________

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Weaknesses: ______________________________________________________________________

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Note: Summary of a Research Report worksheet is adopted from Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (Figure 5.5, pp. 100-101), by D. F. Polit, and C. T. Beck, 2017, Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. Copyright 2017 by Wolters Kluwer. Adapted with permission.