Effects of Large Financial Incentives for Long-Term Smoking
Effects of Large Financial Incentives for Long-Term Smoking
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SELECTED STUDY –
Effects of large financial incentives for long-term smoking cessation. A Randomized Trial, by Jean-François Etter and Felicia Schmid. This article is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 68, Number 8, 2016.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.04.066
ANALYSIS #1 ASSIGNMENT
and
ANALYSIS #2 ASSIGNMENT
You have
learned much during the first few weeks of this course and this Analysis
assignment is an opportunity for you to pull all of your learning together. To be
successful on this assignment, apply everything that you have learned from your
readings, the discussion forums, and the module information pages.
For additional help, use the module materials and textbook readings.
CRITERIA FOR ANALYZING A RESEARCH STUDY
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Download this word document to your computer.
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Include the Assignment Rubric at the end of your document.
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Create a title page by putting your cursor above the table and clicking
down until you have a blank title page to format OR using Insert Tab->
blank page
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Carefully follow
all
directions for this assignment.
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Remember to provide
evidence to support
your responses as well as
citations and references (including the article you are analyzing)! For
example, when answering 1b. You would include how your problem
statement meets the 5 criteria for problem statements that you learned in
Module 1.
Include citations and references
from the textbook, course
content,
and
your research article
throughout
your analysis
.
This is
required.
Failure to do so will result in point loss or rejection of your
paper.
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Use the
same
research study that you selected in
Select a Study
in
Module 2 to answer these questions for Analyses #1 & 2.
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You must
use the template
provided in the course, and include the entire
question prior to your response. The template will expand to
accommodate your responses. Your paper will not be accepted if the
instructions are not followed completely.
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Keep the template in black font (as provided), but use
royal
blue font
for
your responses.
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Well thought out and
comprehensive
answers to the analysis questions
will generate a critical analysis of your research article, a skill that all
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baccalaureate-prepared, health care and human services professionals
need to acquire in order to provide evidence-based care to their
patients/clients.
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Use APA format for all citations and references. Use the correct file
naming procedure for your submissions.
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For Analysis #1 answer: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (covers modules 1-3); (Due
Module 4)
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For Analysis #2 answer: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (covers Modules 4-6); (Due
Module 6)
1. Problem Statement/Purpose Statement
a.
What is the
complete
Title
of the research experiment that you selected in the
Select a Study assignment in Module 2? [It must be one of the options specified
for the assignment – do NOT find your own article, as your paper will not be
accepted]
b. Provide a properly formatted reference (APA format) for the article:
c. Follow the same
five criteria
directions you did in the Module 1 “Problems
Everywhere” discussion forum and write a
problem statement
for this research
experiment. (Hint: citations and references needed; use the readings to
inform/guide/support your responses throughout this paper).
d. Using the definition for a research
“purpose”,
what do you think the
purpose
of this research experiment is?
e. In your opinion, is this experiment important to our health care system in this
country?
Why?
Why not?
2.
Research Question/Hypotheses
a.
Using your textbook and course content define the term
hypothesis
and write
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one for the research study you are analyzing.
Hypothesis:
b. Using your textbook (hint: citations and references needed) and course
content,
define
the term simple hypothesis and
write
one for the research study
you are analyzing. Then
define
the following terms and use your
simple
hypothesis
to write a
directional
and a
null hypothesis.
Simple hypothesis:
Directional hypothesis:
Null hypothesis:
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Identification and Operational Definitions of Study Variables
a. Name the
independent
and
dependent
variable/s in your study
IV
DV
b
. Concept of Operationalization:
In an experimental research study, the
researchers hope to find that
applying the IV
will
change the DV
. In order to
determine if the change occurred (or how much of a change occurred), the
researchers must clearly define both the IV and DV, and specify exactly how the
variables will be measured in the study. For example, suppose researchers want
to determine the effect of steroid use (IV) on aggression (DV) in male youth.
They must define what they mean by “steroid use” and specify how it is to be
measured (i.e., participant-reported daily use of over-the-counter anabolic steroid
products for the purpose of increasing muscle mass) as well as define and
specify their DV (i.e., as measured using the Aggression Scale for Adolescents
[Orpinas & Frankowski, 2001]).
With that example in mind, how did the researchers operationalize the IV and DV,
and how did they
collect data
on their
DV
(i.e., exactly how did they determine if
the IV had changed/had an impact on the DV, or exactly how did they
know
that
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the DV had been impacted or changed)
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Please explain thoroughly:
4.
Literature Review
Before researchers begin their experiment they review the literature to see what
previous experiments might have taken place using the same or similar variables;
nobody wants to reinvent a wheel. Literature Reviews are relatively short and
are always located
between the abstract and the methods sections of a research
article.
Locate the Literature Review in your research study. It will be
below the
abstract
, before
methods
and either:
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under a section called Introduction
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OR Literature Review
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ALTERNATIVELY, there may be no specific heading
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Note that it is NOT in the Abstract.
a. Where
, SPECIFICALLY,
is the Literature Review in your article? (Page
number? Column? Paragraph/s?)
b.
Read carefully through the
Literature Review
section in your study and
name the
specific variables
that are being addressed in the
Literature review
section only.
c.
After reviewing the course content on primary and secondary sources
,
search
the Reference page of your article for 1
primary
source
OR
1
secondary
source
that you are certain about
just from reading the title in the citation
. List
the
number or Authors of the citation
and whether that citation is primary or
secondary. Use the readings/course content to provide a rationale for your
selection (i.e.,
use the buzz words
that are posted on the content page to help
you – what words clue you in that is it primary or secondary?):
d.
At the beginning
or end of the Literature Review, and before the Methods
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section the researchers
summarize
what
they found in earlier
studies on
the
variables of interest. Researchers
use this summary to point out a
GAP
in
the literature.
A gap is something that is still not understood, or perhaps still not
fully explored. Researchers often state this as their aim in conducting their study.
Review the section carefully because they may point to more than one gap or
area in need of further research.
What
GAP(S)
did the researchers point out in your study?
Please explain
thoroughly.
5.
Study Design
a.
Using your understanding of the multiple research study designs from your
textbook and the content pages, identify the
research
design
used for this study
and
provide a rationale for your decision
(i.e., provide a
definition
of the type of
design that you identify in your research article):
b.
In your opinion, was this design appropriate for this study?
Why or why not?
Base this on evidence from your readings and course content.
c.
Remember that
extraneous variables
(variables other than the IV and the DV)
can impact/affect the DV (may contribute to the change in the DV, outcome or
results). In other words, they may be threats to internal validity of the study.
Were threats to
internal validity
(extraneous variables) controlled in this study?
How? Give specific examples.
d.
Think of
another
extraneous variable
that should/could be controlled in this
study. Why? (i.e.,
how do you think this variable might affect the DV or the
outcome
of the study?):
e.
How would YOU have controlled for this extraneous variable?
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