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The focus for Week 2 is on questions: PICOT/PICo and practice questions.

• Using the area of interest from Week 1, identify the following.

  • Will you be using a quantitative or qualitative approach for your EBP project proposal?

  • Explain why this approach is the best one to provide information for your area of interest.

  • Create a PICOT/PICo question using the PICOT/PICo format for quantitative and PICo for qualitative approaches.

  • Identify your practice question, being sure to include the following.

    • For a quantitative approach

      • A questioning part such as "what is," "what are," "is there," or "are there"

      • Population being studied

      • Variables being studied

      • Suggestion of the relationship between variables

    • For a qualitative approach

      • Phenomenon or concept of interest

      • Group or population of interest

      • Suggestion of which qualitative research design is being used

Choose either quantitative or qualitative- only the proposed approach needs to be addressed.