Category: Research / Dissertation

How Organizational Behavior Concepts Change in Gig Economy 

RESEARCH PAPER PROMPT

In the last decade, the US economy has moved more toward a “gig economy,” what the Oxford Dictionary defines as “A labour market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs.” Companies like Uber, TaskRabbit, Thumbtack, and Fiverr are examples of contributors to the gig economy. Addressing the importance of the gig economy, the International Labor Association writes, “Companies that are part of the gig economy are on the verge of overtaking the traditional economy. A driver, a musician, a freelance videographer or anything in between, the concept has caught on and is a major factor in how sectors are organised and how people view work. And while one-off jobs are not new, the increasing use of technology has substantially contributed to a wide proliferation of “gig” work.” This shifting economy has important implications for how we think about organizational behavior concepts and theories.

You’ve been recently approached by a manager of a company that operates in the gig economy. This manager formerly worked at a traditional company with non-gig employees. She has asked you to provide her insights about how managing gig economy employees may differ from those in a traditional organization. Pick two OB concepts and write a whitepaper to explain how these concepts or theories will apply differently in the gig economy than in a traditional organization. 

Draf Format

1. Intro: attention-getter, define gig economy, thesis, lay out the structure of your paper (1 pg)
2. Body section 1: define first OB concept, explain why and how it’s different in the gig economy, explain how that changes what the manager should do (2-2.5 pgs)
3. Body section 2: repeat, with your second OB concept (2-2.5 pgs)
4. Conclusion: summarize your paper, clincher (0.5-1 pg)

**Please follow exactly same format as what is written above**

***** Remember to respond to the prompt! You are writing to a new manager at a gig economy company. Your thesis should start with something along the lines of “In the gig economy, _____ and _____ will be different…” You are choosing two OB concepts (Culture & Team cohesion) to discuss. In the body, each main section should (a) explain the OB concept you chose, (b) explain why and how it’s applied differently in the gig economy, and (c) explain why that’s important to the new manager and what she should differently as a result.

**For the references: only allow to use scholarly sources ( ex) scholarly articles )!!

Instructions 
You are required to view a contemporary, original piece of art in your area(St. Louis, Mo.) and
compare/contrast it to an ancient work from your text, after analyzing both pieces. For example, if
you choose a portrait of a leader, find one in your text; if you choose a building, like a church, find
one in your text to compare.
Note: If a museum is not available, try your public library, local community college, or an art gallery
for sculptures, parks for statues, or government buildings for paintings. Also, don’t forget that
architecture is an art form. Look around for a church or an interesting building. Art is everywhere!

Your paper should address the following:
1. Identification: Provide Identifying details for each work (10 points = 5 points for each work):
• Artist: Who was the artist?
• Title of the work: What is the title of the work?
• Date: When was the work created?
• Media: How/with what was the work created?
• Location: Where is the work from your area displayed? For the work from your text, please also
include the page number.
2. Description: What does each work look like? (100 points = 50 points for each work):
• Describe the subject matter of each work, in detail. Imagine you are describing the work to a blind
person; use that level of detail. For example, don’t just say there’s a house in a field.
• Identify and discuss five formal elements of art (Choose from line, shape, color, texture, space,
contrast, scale, balance, and emphasis) in detail, for each work. For instance, don’t just tell me
there were lines in the work, tell me what kind (straight, curved, horizontal, diagonal, thick, thin,
implied, etc.) and tell me how they affect the composition (lines dominate the left half of the work,
etc.).
3. Compare and Contrast the two (2) works (70 points):
• Compare and contrast the works (Do not compare the terms from part 2), and answer these
questions in your analysis: How are the works similar and how are they different? Is the message o
function the same? Is the intended audience different? Do they look alike or not? Has the meaning
changed over time?
• Also discuss such things as symbolism and purpose (aesthetic, social commentary, propaganda, etc.) and evaluate the effectiveness of the works.
Important Guidelines
1. Format
• Organize this material into a 4-5 page paper.
• The paper should be double-spaced with a 1” margin and type size should not exceed 12 pts.
• Art History, as a discipline, utilizes the MLA style.
2. Sources:
• Always cite your sources!
Examples of art covered in class:
Woman of Willendorf
Tutankhaten
Cyclades
Faience figurine
Minoan Art
Persian Art
Mycenaean Art

Research in Public Health 

Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research PUBH 613
82[54108] (School of Public Health)
Part 1. Read the following article: Owen PR. Portrayals of schizophrenia by entertainment media:
a content analysis of contemporary movies. Psychiatr Serv. 2012;63(7):655-659 (Available on
Blackboard)
Answer the following questions (each worth 0.15 points, for total of 0.75 points):
a) What is the research question, and the motivation behind the research question (why did the
author want to answer it)?
b) How was the sample defined? Which databases were used for the search? Which search terms were used?
c) List the variables the researcher used to code the data.
d) What is the author’s main conclusion based on the study results?
e) In your opinion, how trustworthy are the results of this study? Which aspects of the design
contribute to its trustworthiness (credibility, dependability, confirmability, and/or transferability)?
What are some of the study’s limitations?

Research Design Paper. Writing a Research Design.  

Research methodology; participant/sample selection; research instrument and consent form;
data collection procedures). Write a two-page description of your research design.
1. State the purpose of your study and describe the type of study you plan to conduct
2. Describe the research participants (sample) and sampling method you will use to select
your participants. Explain why you selected your participants and your sampling method as
opposed to choosing other participants and sampling methods. Discuss the representativeness
of the sample.
3. Describe your research instrument (what you will use to collect data) and discuss its validity
and reliability.
4. Describe your data collection plans (when, where, who, how) and what you will do to protect
your participants.
5. Create a consent form for your research study.
6. Attach a copy of your research instrument with instructions and the consent form to your
report.

Public Budgeting Research Paper

Select the actual budget of a particular county or city or village government or department in the government to perform the assessment.

The budget assessment could cover the following if you can find information:

What is the history?

What are the Racial Demographics?

What is their Budget summary ?

What services do they provide?

What is there revenue?

What are there expenses?

Do they have any debt and why?

Did they win any awards?

IRS/FBI incidents?

What is the mission(s)?

What are the major programs carried out?

What is the percent increase in total requested expenditures for next year over last year’s budget?

What object of expenditure category is the largest?

Which is growing the fastest?

Is the number of personnel (FTE) growing, and is the growth rate faster or slower than the personnel budget (in dollars)?

What does this tell you about changes in average salaries?

What are the most significant sources of revenue?

How have revenues for these sources changed?

Revenues

How much change in the property tax rate is acceptable in a given year?

How will one-time revenues, such as grants or tax windfalls, be used?

How frequently should service charges and fees be reviewed?

Discuss the policy priorities revealed by expenditure patterns?

Operating budget

How comprehensive is the budget?

Should it include both operating and capital budgets?

What funds should be in the operating budget?

Should the operating and capital budgets be prepared concurrently or separately?

What constitutes a balanced budget?

What types of budget reserves should be maintained?

How much money should be maintained in each?

Under what conditions money should be withdrawn?

What guidelines should govern budget preparation and amendment?

Who is responsible for budget preparation, and what are their duties?

Budget implementation

What policies should govern the transfer of money across accounts or funds?

Who is responsible for keeping spending within appropriated amounts?

Generate revenue estimates utilizing revenue forecasting techniques you learned from the class discussions and reading materials.

Assess if the projected revenues will be sufficient to cover the projected ongoing expenditure needs.

If there is a projected surplus, what budget adjustments do you suggest?

If there is a projected balance, what policy actions do you suggest to further strengthen the fiscal health? If there is a projected deficit, what budget adjustments do you suggest to correct the problem and achieve a balanced budget?

 NO PLAGIARISM 

The COSO framework of internal controls is practiced within companies around the world. The objectives of the COSO framework are closely related to its five components. Please discuss these five components of the COSO framework. Be sure to include each components’ impact on each of the COSO framework objectives. What do you feel an auditor would most be concerned with during an IT audit? Lastly, discuss suggestions for integrating COSO framework compliance into a company in which you are familiar.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately 3-4 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.

• Follow APA6 guidelines. Paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

• Support answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to textbook.

• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. Graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Part 1: Research 

Conduct some independent research. Using Rasmussen and other resources, locate an article about a current event related to technology that has affected your community. (Mobile Technology)

Part 2: Reflect

In a minimum of two-pages (not counting the title page and reference page) address the following:

• Offer a one (1) paragraph synopsis of the article.
• Identify if this event is something that is common in your community or more of an isolated incident?
• Discuss if it is something that is common in your community, what strategies would you suggest be implemented in your community to combat it?
• Address if it is a rare occurrence and why do you believe it happened?
• Explain how you would advocate for your client if they were the victim in this situation?

Use professional language including complete sentences and proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation throughout your paper. Be sure to cite any research sources in APA format.

Writing Research Proposal.

Required

Formulate an excellent rseearch proposal.

Writing a good research proposal requires you to understand why people write bad research proposals.

There many reasons why reserach proposals are rejected.

Common rejection reasons

The National Institute of Health (NIH) analyzed the reasons why over 700 research proposal applications were denied. Their findings as to the cause of rejection are worth reviewing in light of your own proposal:

1. Nature of the Problem (18%)

1. 1. It is doubtful that new or useful information
      will result from the project (14%).
   2. The basic hypothesis is unsound (3.5%).
   3. The proposed research is scientifically premature due to the present inadequacy of supporting knowledge (0.6%).

38. Approach to the Problem (38.9%)
39. The research plan is nebulous, diffuse and not presented in concrete detail (8.6%).
    3. The planned research is not adequately controlled (3.7%).

1. 1. Greater care in planning is needed (25.2%).
      1. The research plan has not been carefully designed (11.8%).
      2. The proposed methods will not yield accurate results (8.8%).
      3. The procedures to be used should be spelled out
      in more detail (4.6%).
   2. A more thorough statistical treatment is needed (0.7%).
   3. The proposed tests require more individual subjects
      than the number given (0.7%).

• Competence of the Investigators (38.2%)
  • . The applicants need to acquire greater familiarity with the pertinent literature (7.2%).

1. 1. The problems to be investigated are more complex than the
      applicants realize (10.5%).
   2. The applicants propose to enter an area of research for which
      they are not adequately trained (12.8%).
   3. The principal investigator intends to give actual responsibility
      for the direction of a complex project to an inexperienced
      co-investigator (0.9%).
   4. The reviewers do not have sufficient confidence in the applicants
      to approve the present application, largely based on the past
      efforts of the applicants (6.8%).

4. Conditions of the Research Environment (4.8%)
   • . The investigators will be required to devote too much time to
     teaching or other non-research duties (0.9%).

1. 1. Better liaison is needed with colleagues in collateral disciplines (0.4%).
   2. Requested expansion on continuation of a currently supported research project would result in failure to achieve the main goal of the work (3.5%).

Based on the above analysis,
a carefully designed, well reasoned proposal will overcome these common pitfalls. It also represents and important credibility statement about the investigator.

The Bureau of Occupational and Vocational Education comparable study.

Based on a sample of 353 research grant applications:

— 18% forgot to number the pages.
— 73% forgot to include a table of contents.
— 81% had no abstract.
— 92% failed to provide resumes of proposed consultants.
— 25% had no resume for the principal investigator.
— 66% included no plan for project evaluation.
— 17% forgot to identify the project director by name.
— 20% failed to list the objectives of the project.

Applying Research Skills. Application of Research Skills

Create a 3-5-page annotated bibliography and summary based on your research related to best
practices addressing one of the health care problems or issues in the Assessment Topic Areas
media piece faced by a health care organization that is of interest to you.

 Instructions: Applying Research Skills
Create a 3-5-page annotated bibliography and summary based on your research related to best practices addressing
one of the health care problems or issues in the Assessment Topic Areas media piece faced by a health care
organization that is of interest to you.
Introduction
In your professional life, you will need to find credible evidence to support your decisions and your plans of action.
You will want to keep abreast of best practices to help your organization adapt to the ever-changing health care
environment. Being adept at research will help you find the information you need. For this assessment, you will
review the Assessment Topic Areas media piece and select one of the health care problems or issues to research a
current health care problem or issue faced by a health care organization that is of interest to you.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies
through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research skills to obtain scholarly information in the field
of health care.
Identify academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to a health care problem or issue and describe
the criteria used for the literature search.
Competency 2: Apply scholarly information through critical thinking to solve problems in the field of health
care.
Assess the credibility and relevance of information sources.
Summarize what was learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational
format.
Competency 4: Write for a specific audience, in appropriate tone and style, in accordance with Capella’s
writing standards.
Summarize a health care problem or issue and describe a personal interest in it and experience with it.
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.
Instructions
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be
sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance-level descriptions for each
criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
For this assessment, research best practices related to a current health care problem. Your selected problem or issue
will be utilized again in Assessment 3. To explore your chosen topic, you should use the first two steps of the

Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to aid your critical thinking.
1. View the Assessment Topic Areas media piece and select one of the health care problems or issues in the
media piece to research. Write a brief overview of the selected topic. In your overview:
Summarize the health care problem or issue.
Describe your interest in the topic.
Describe any professional experience you have with this topic.
2. Identify peer-reviewed articles relevant to health care issue or problem.
Conduct a search for scholarly or academic peer-reviewed literature related to the topic and describe
the criteria you used to search for articles, including the names of the databases you used. You will
select four current scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past 3–5
years that relate to your topic.
You will want to access the applicable Undergraduate Library Research Guide related to your
degree (found at the NHS Learner Success Lab) for tips to help you in your search.
Use keywords related to the health care problem or issue you are researching to select relevant articles.
3. Assess the credibility and explain relevance of the information sources you find.
Determine if the source is from an academic peer-reviewed journal.
Determine if the publication is current.
Determine if information in the academic peer-reviewed journal article is still relevant.
4. Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format.
Provide rationale for inclusion of each selected article. The purpose of an annotated bibliography is to
document a list of references along with key information about each one. The detail about the reference is the
annotation. Developing this annotated bibliography will create a foundation of knowledge about the selected
topic. In your annotated bibliography:
Identify the purpose of the article.
Summarize the information.
Provide rationale for inclusion of each article.
Include the conclusions and findings of the article.
Write your annotated bibliography in a paragraph form. The annotated bibliography should be
approximately 150 words (1–3 paragraphs) in length.
List the full reference for the source in APA format (author, date, title, publisher, et cetera) and use APA
format for the annotated bibliography.
Make sure the references are listed in alphabetical order, are double-spaced, and use hanging indents.
5. Summarize what you have learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
Summarize what you learned from your research in a separate paragraph or two at the end of the
paper.
List the main points you learned from your research.
Summarize the main contributions of the sources you chose and how they enhanced your knowledge
about the topic.
Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the
scoring guide would look like:
Assessment 2 Example [PDF]

Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
Length: 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
APA template: Use the APA Style Paper Template [DOCX] as the paper format and the APA Style Paper
Tutorial [DOCX] for guidance.
Written communication: Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and
mechanics.
Content: Provide a title page and reference page following APA style.
References: Use at least four scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles.
APA format: Follow current APA guidelines for in-text citation of outside sources in the body of your paper
and also on the reference page.
If you would like assistance in organizing your assessment, or if you simply have a question about your assessment,
please do not hesitate to ask faculty or the teaching assistants in the NHS Learner Success Lab for guidance and
suggestions.
Note: Faculty may use the Writing Feedback Tool when grading this assessment. The Writing Feedback Tool is
designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop your writing based on five core skills. You will find
writing feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assessment, once your work has been evaluated.

Assessment Topic Areas
Selecting a topic for your written assessments can be challenging, but it’s
important to make a thoughtful choice.
Choose a topic area of interest to you from the topic suggestions in this
media piece. You will use this topic to complete Assessments 2 and 3. Be
sure to select a topic that will be manageable for a written assessment.
To explore the chosen topic, you should use the Socratic Problem-Solving
Approach, focusing on the sections specifically called out in the
assessment guidelines.
Topic 1: Limited Access to Healthcare
Short Description:
Consumers face barriers to healthcare access for assorted reasons. For
example: due to geographic location, provider availability, transportation
issues and mobility.
Potential Intervention Approaches:
Healthcare information online
Telemedicine
In–home healthcare services
Keywords for Articles:
online health information seeking, health care access, health information
systems, consumer health information, chronic disease, health
information search, health seeking behavior, rural nursing
References:
Bhandari, N. (2014). Seeking health information online: does limited healthcare
access matter? Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA
(1067-5027), 21 (6), p. 1113. https://www-ncbi-nlm-nihgov.library.capella.edu/pmc/articles/PMC4215038/

Lee, K., Hoti, K., Hughes, J. D., & Emmerton, L. (2014). Dr Google and the
Consumer: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Navigational Needs and Online Health
Information-Seeking Behaviors of Consumers with Chronic Health Conditions.
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 16(12), e262.
http://doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.2196/jmir.3706
Ware, P., Bartlett, S. J., Paré, G., Symeonidis, I., Tannenbaum, C., Bartlett, G., …
Ahmed, S. (2017). Using eHealth Technologies: Interests, Preferences, and Concerns
of Older Adults. Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 6(1), e3.
http://doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.2196/ijmr.4447
Pratt, D. (2015). Telehealth and telemedicine. Albany Law Journal of Science &
Technology. (1059-4280), 25 (3), p. 495.
http://www.lexisnexis.com.library.capella.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/?
shr=t&csi=148364&sr=TITLE(%22Telehealth+telemedicine+in+2015%22)+and+date
+is+2015
Topic 2: Healthcare Disparities
Short Description:
In 2010, the Federal Department of Human and Health Service (DHHS)
launched the Healthy People 2020 goals to include a goal to eliminate
health inequality/disparity. Healthy People 2020 defines a health disparity
as “a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social,
economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. Health disparities
adversely affect groups of people who have systematically experienced
greater obstacles to health based on their racial or ethnic group; religion;
socioeconomic status; gender; age; mental health; cognitive, sensory, or
physical disability; sexual orientation or gender identity; geographic
location; or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or
exclusion” (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2017,
p.1).
Potential Intervention Approaches:
Federal goals
Community health improvement plans
Patient advocacy efforts
“Triple Aim” for populations
Keywords for Articles:

health disparities, community health assessment, community health
improvement plan, strategic planning, local health departments, health
inequities
References:
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2017). Disparities. Retrieved
from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-healthmeasures/disparities
Shah G.H., & Sheahan J.P. (2016). Local health departments’ activities to address
health disparities and inequities: Are we moving in the right direction? International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13(1):44.
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/1/44
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2017). Triple Aim for Populations.
http://www.ihi.org/Topics/TripleAim/Pages/Overview.aspx
Topic 3: Medication Errors
Short Description:
A medication error is a preventable adverse effect of a patient taking the
wrong medication or dosage, whether or not it is evident or harmful to
the patient. Medication errors can be a source of serious patient harm,
including death.
Potential Intervention Approaches:
Medical staff education
Packaging improvements
Patient medication safety training
Keywords for Articles:
medication administration, medication errors, medication safety
References:
Cohen, M. (2016). Medication errors (miscellaneous). Nursing. 46(2):72, February
2016. DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000476239.09094.06
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2017). Improve Core Processes for
Administering Medications.
http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Changes/ImproveCoreProcessesforAdministerin
gMedications.aspx

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2012). Table 6: Categories of
Medication Error Classification. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patientsafety/patient-safety-resources/resources/match/matchtab6.html
Schmidt, K., Taylor, A., & Pearson, A. (2017). Reduction of medication errors: A
unique approach. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 32(2), April/June 2017, 150–156.
Topic 4: Healthcare System Errors
Short Description:
The health care system in the United States has been the subject of much
debate as experts try to determine the best way to deliver high-quality
care. In Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine (2001)
called for the redesign of health care delivery systems and their external
environments to promote care that is safe, effective, patient-centered,
timely, efficient, and equitable.
Potential Intervention Approaches:
Systemwide transformation
Process redesign
Electronic health records
Keywords for Articles:
multi-stakeholder collaboration, healthcare system redesign
References:
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. (2001).
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington
(DC): National Academies Press (US).Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
(2017). Hospitals and Health Systems.
http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/index.html
Roberts, B. (2017). Relationship-based care: The institute of medicine’s core
competencies in action. Creative Nursing, 05/2016, 22(2).

Honors students vs regular students and their mental heuristics of studying and grades received

• Select four empirical articles pertaining to your research question, cite the reference in APA format (6th edition), and write a half page-full page summary of the article – double spaced.

• Define and summarize key theoretical concepts discussed within the empirical article such as the theory proposed/challenged.

Also mention sample size, participant demographics, experimental design (e.g., within-subjects factorial ANOVA, between subjects t-test), important results, and future implications.

• Remember that empirical articles are peer-reviewed. Do not cite newspaper articles, blogs, book, dissertations, etc.

Critiquing Research Article

Instructions 
Choose one of the articles listed in Resources or find a peer reviewed research article on the topic of Interprofessional collaboration.
Read and critique the article
Write a 4-5 page paper addressing each of the items in the ANA Framework for How to Read and Critique a Research Study (see below). Analyze the study carefully and draw conclusions based upon evidence. Use correct APA formatting including a cover sheet and reference page framework for How to Read and Critique a Research Study

Critiquing the research article
Title – Does it accurately describe the article?
Abstract – Is it representative of the article?
Introduction – Does it make the purpose of the article clear?
Statement of the problem – Is the problem properly introduced?
Purpose of the study – Has the reason for conducting the research been explained?
Research question(s) – Is/are the research question(s) clearly defined and if not, should they be?
Theoretical framework – Is the theoretical framework described? If there is not a theoretical framework, should there be?
Literature review – Is the literature review relevant to the study, comprehensive, and include recent research? Does the literature review support the need for the study?
Methods – Is the design appropriate for the study? Does the sample fit with the research design and is the size sufficient? Was a data collection instrument needed? How were data collected? Were reliability and validity accounted for?
Analysis – Is the analytical approach consistent with the study questions and research design?
Results – Are the results presented clearly in the text, tables and figures? Are the statistics clearly explained?
Discussion – Are the results explained in relationship to the theoretical framework, research questions, and the significance to nursing?
Limitations – Are the limitations presented and their implications discussed?
Conclusion – Are there recommendations for nursing practice, future research, and policymakers?
Determine the level and quality of the evidence using a scale (several can be found in ANA’s Research Toolkit www.nursingworld.org/ResearchToolkit/Appraising-the-Evidence)
Decide if the study is applicable to your practice
Can you use the results and recommendations in your practice?

Evidence-Based Practice.
Topic. Patient and Family Engagement in patient safety
Analyzing Published Research
PROBLEM
includes all elements in a manner that is clearly understood.

• Problem description provides focus of the group’s work.

• Significance of the problem is clearly stated and supported by current evidence.

• Purpose of paper is clearly stated
Description of Findings: Summary

Summary omits no more than one required item from the Evidence Matrix Table.
Description of Findings: Description
Description includes ALL elements.

• What concepts have been studied?

• What methods have been used?

• Who are the participants or members of the samples?

• What instruments have been used? Did the authors describe the reliability and validity?

• How do you answer your original “the purpose of this paper” question? Do the findings of the articles provide evidence for
your answers? If so, how? If not, what is still needed to be able to answer your question?

• What is needed for the next step? Identify two questions that can help guide the group’s work.
Description of Findings: Conclusion
Summary paragraph includes ALL major findings from article.

• Independently extracts complex data from a variety of quantitative sources, presents those data in summary form, makes
appropriate connections and inferences consistent with the data, and relates them to a larger
context.

• Recognizes points of view and value assumptions in formulating interpretation of data
collected and articulates the point of view in a given situation.

• Identifies misrepresentations in
the presentation of quantitative data and the logical and empirical fallacies in inferences drawn
from data.
Grammar, Spelling, Mechanics, and APA Format
Length is three full pages.

• Used appropriate APA format and is free of errors.

• Includes ALL headings and subheadings as instructed.

• Grammar, spelling, and mechanics are free of errors. please article within 5years, and in-text citation.