The 1st Page:
Please find an experimental or quasi-experimental or descriptive article you would like to use for the article critique assignment. Make sure it is from a nursing journal and is not older than five years.
Review the article and provide a brief summary of the article.
Discuss whether you think the article is true-experimental, quasi-experimental, or no experimental. You must also state what type of quantitative design (descriptive, correlational etc.)
Where was the setting of the study?
What are the sampling methods?
What are the variables being measured?
What data collections methods were used?
What is the intervention?
Your post should be a minimum of 250-300 words.
Back up your arguments with reliable evidence.
The 2nd Page:
Scenario: A researcher wants to know why individuals in Community A have a higher rate of a rare form of cancer when compared to those living in Community B. To find out the reasons for the differences in cancer rates in these two communities, the investigator surveyed residents about their lifestyle, noted the types of businesses that were present in the community and searched medical records. The researcher found that the headquarters for the Toxico Chemical Plant is located in Community A, there is a higher rate of cigarette smoking in this community and residents tended to delay or skip going to the doctor for an annual checkup. In Community B, the largest employer was a department store and on average, residents did not smoke as much as residents from Community A. However, like individuals from Community A, Community B residents tended to delay or skip their annual checkup with their doctor.
Read the scenario above.
Answer the following questions:
What makes this a descriptive study?
Why did the researcher collect information about the lifestyle of community residents? What about the type of businesses present in each community? Medical records?
Can the investigator establish that the chemical plant and cigarette smoking are the cause for the higher rate of cancer among those in Community A?
Can the investigator establish that lower smoking rates and the absence of a chemical factory explains the lower rate of cancer among those in Community B?
