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EDCO 790

Using ChatGPT to Help Further Specify a Focus Population

Student stated population: males in the United States who have experienced a miscarriage.

Question asked of ChatGPT: “How can this population description be more specific: examining coping strategies used for males in the United States who have experienced a miscarriage?”

From ChatGPT:

That’s a good starting point - you’ve defined gender, country, and experience (miscarriage) - but it can be made more specific depending on your research focus. Here are several ways to refine it:

1. Clarify relationship context

Specify whose miscarriage it was, since “experienced a miscarriage” could mean different things:

· “Males in the United States whose partners have experienced a miscarriage.”

· “Men in heterosexual relationships in the United States who have experienced their partner’s miscarriage within the past 2 years.”

This makes it clear that you’re studying partners of individuals who miscarried, not men with other related experiences (like those who experienced a miscarriage through a surrogate, for instance).

2. Add demographic details

You could focus on specific subgroups to make findings more meaningful or manageable:

· Age range: “Adult males aged 25–45 in the U.S. whose partners experienced a miscarriage.”

· Marital status: “Married men in the U.S. whose partners experienced a miscarriage.”

· Cultural or ethnic group: “African American men in the U.S. whose partners experienced a miscarriage.”

3. Specify timeframe

Defining when the miscarriage occurred helps examine coping strategies across adjustment stages:

· “Males in the U.S. whose partners experienced a miscarriage within the past 5 years.”

· “Males in the U.S. who experienced a miscarriage over 6 months ago.”

4. Add context variables

If your study has a focus (e.g., emotional, social, or behavioral coping), include that:

· “Males in the U.S. whose partners experienced a miscarriage and who sought peer or professional support.”

· “Males in the U.S. who experienced a miscarriage during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

5. Possible refined version examples

· “Adult males in the United States whose partners experienced a miscarriage within the past 2 years, examining how they cope emotionally and socially.”

· “Married men aged 25–45 in the U.S. who have experienced their partner’s miscarriage, focusing on adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies.”

· “African American males in the U.S. who have experienced a partner’s miscarriage in the past 5 years, analyzing cultural influences on coping.”

Would you like me to help you tailor the population statement for a quantitative or a qualitative study? The level of specificity and variables you highlight can differ depending on that.

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EDCO 790

Traumatology Assignments Overview

Throughout EDCO 790, you will conduct a study across the eight weeks of the term on a specific topic and population of interest in traumatology. The purpose of this study is twofold.

· Help prepare the learner for the dissertation requirements of deepening a single topic of interest over a period of time and presenting the findings using more than one modality.

· Deepen the learner’s foundational understanding of trauma counseling

EDCO 790

Traumatology Study Foundations Assignment Instructions

Overview

This assignment is the first in a series of the 5 assignments designed to allow a student to intentionally focus on and narrow in on a specific topic and population of interest across the 8 weeks of the term as they develop a study, much as they will develop the study for their dissertation.

In this first assignment, students will identify a topic of interest in the field of traumatology and a specific population of interest that is related to that topic. Common topics include traumatic events, diagnoses known to be related to trauma, and evidence-based treatment modalities practiced in the field of traumatology.

Special Notes:

(1) This assignment guides the student to employ appropriate and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The student should review The Liberty Way, which addresses use of AI in courses:

Academic dishonesty involves a student’s attempt to improve their or another student’s academic standing through dishonest means. It includes, but is not limited to:

· Artificial Intelligence (AI): Any use of AI writing tools to generate, modify, add, or delete content that compromises the originality or authenticity of coursework. Unauthorized AI tools include, but are not limited to:

· AI language translation tools

· Large Language Models (LLMs)

· Paraphrasing software

· Any other tool that compromises the originality or authenticity of coursework

(2) This assignment also guides the student in development of a thesis statement. The student should review the document provided about Thesis Statements.

Instructions

1. Topic Selection: Identify a topic of interest in the field of traumatology and a specific population of interest that is related to that topic. Explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) to select and narrow this topic. Examples of AI to explore are ChatGPT and CoPilot. This exploration will provide appropriate and ethical use of AI to help further narrow the focus of study. Students should also explore the viability of their topic by checking for evidence-based article availability in the Jerry Falwell Library online.

2. Specific Population of Interest Selection: Also identify a specific group that you would like to study with the topic that you identified. Explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and evidence-based article availability in the Jerry Falwell Library online to select and narrow this population of interest.

3. Submit the following documents into the Week One Assignment Link for Traumatology Study Foundations Assignment.

a. Copy of the AI exploration for your focus topic for the study.

b. Copy of the AI exploration for your focus population for the study.

Note: Example searches using ChatGPT and CoPilot are provided for students to consult. (Students are not permitted to use any version of these examples).

c. Traumatology Study Foundation Assignment paper that includes the following:

· Professional APA style Title Page

· Introduction – brief paragraph of rationale the focus of your study.

· Sections with APA level one headings for

· Topic – One paragraph description of a specific and narrow topic based on your exploration via AI. This paragraph should include 1 – 2 reference citation(s) that will support your study of this topic.

· Population - One paragraph description of a specific and narrow topic based on your exploration via AI. This paragraph should include 1 – 2 reference citation(s) that will support your study of this population.

· Thesis – A synthesized statement of focus topic and focus population with this topic for the study. This statement should be one sentence.

· References page that includes the citations noted in the paragraphs above.

Be sure to review the criteria on the Traumatology Study Foundations Grading Rubric before

beginning this assignment. No use of writing from previous courses can be included in this paper.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

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