THE PROBLEM

INTRODUCTION TO THE PROBLEM ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
A problem of practice is any identified educational area that focuses on processes or practices that are observable and measurable and that may be solved or improved. Note that problems are solved, and practices are improved. As the researcher, you will eventually work closely with a site’s leadership to discuss problems that need a solution or practices that need to be improved. This may require several meetings before you can fully define the problem for your study. Though you are not required to meet with leadership at a site for this assignment, you need to consider doing so soon, as this coursework begins your actual Applied Research Report process. As you consider a problem to solve or a practice to improve, keep in mind that you cannot solve all the known problems through this research process. The scope of your research needs to be reasonable. The problem statement must include evidence that the problem exists.

INSTRUCTIONS

The Introduction to the Problem should begin with a clear statement of the problem. For example, “The problem was that 58% of the students at Hampton High School failed to meet the state’s level of satisfactory performance on the OEA for Science” (ODOE, 2020a). Once you have the introductory problem statement written, you should support the statement by citing facts and statistics, unless you included them in the problem statement like the example above. Lay out a convincing case using solid evidence that the problem does, in fact, exist.
For this assignment, you will use the information from the textbook reading this week to write a Problem Statement for your proposed research. This is a 2-page assignment.
• The first page should be a correctly formatted (APA style) title page that includes the title of your proposed study.
• The second page should include a well-developed and concisely written Problem Statement section for your study. Your topic may change at a later date, but for now, you need to choose a topic that you may potentially research.
You must review the example provided and apply the information from the textbook reading this week to be successful on this assignment.

 

leadership

The leadership paper should be no longer than 7 pages, double-spaced, APA 7th edition format. The paper is based on the following:

1. Schmidt, A. (Producer), Wallace, R. (Director). (2002). We Were Soldiers [Motion Picture]. United States: Paramount.

1.After viewing the movie or TV show, select one of the supervisors (leaders).

2.Discuss THREE supervisory techniques that they used, using specific examples from the movie or TV episode. Do not spend too much effort explaining the background or details of the scenario, just get to the point.

3.Make sure to discuss the following topics:

4.Which of the supervisory techniques were effective? Why?

5.Which supervisory techniques were not effective? Why?

iii. Pick one scene and discuss what you would have done differently as a supervisor and why.

1. How does a high-stress environment like war or the emergency room affect supervisory techniques, as compared to peacetime (or a less stressful environment)?
2. What supervisory trait do you most relate to and why? You should include a personal account from your life.
3. Why do supervisors fail if they are using a “textbook” technique? Explain using the scenes from the movie/show or your own personal life to enhance your explanation.

Note

You should have a title page, some pages of body content, and the last page should be your paper’s references. If you have a title page and reference page that leaves you with 5 pages for body.

Use at least 3 references for your paper. They should be articles that support your paper.

Your paper should contain no more than 20% direct citations or quotations. That means 80% should be your own analysis, thoughts, and ideas.

 

Importance of community-based research

Discuss the importance of community-based research with regards to integrated community healthcare organizations.

Address the following concepts in your paper:

1.Explain the reasons integrated community healthcare organizations should conduct community-based research?

2.Explain why research planning is needed and what are the essential components? Be sure to include the following elements (research certification, justification for research with special populations, and type of research method used).

3.Explain the relevance of partnership trust in relationship to community-based research and how it impacts the research process?

4.Describe two specific ethical issues that may occur when an integrated community health care organization is engaging in community-based research?

5.Describe what aspects of Christian worldview, the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics, and the ACA Competencies for addressing spiritual and religious issues in counseling do you believe should be considered in the research process regarding participant involvement? (Access these resources in the Topic 7 Topic Resources.)

Note

Prepare the assignment using the guidelines in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance

In 1,250–1,500 words and a minimum of four scholarly references

 

 

Benchmarks case study

Engineering

Your second assignment in this course is to help a group of beginner researchers develop their
research project from an initial research topic and research questions, with particular attention to
plans for data collection. Your assignment should be 2,000 words ±10%. The word count excludes
the list of references at the end of the document. In-text citations are included in the word count.
The main body of the text should be in 12pt Arial or Times New Roman with 1.5 or double line
spacing. Pages should be numbered.
You will need to cite and reference the work and ideas of others, and may need to quote directly – it
is your responsibility to do this correctly and accurately, in the Harvard style.
The scenario
Three keen industry practitioners want to understand more about work and employment in
particular settings, and although they’ve studied the topic well, they’ve never actually ‘done’
empirical research before. These novice researchers have heard that you’ve recently been studying
research methods, and so have come to you for advice on appropriate tools and techniques for
collecting data, alongside some suggestions on how that data might be analysed.
Following some initial discussions and reading, together you produce the following broad research
topic:
How do disabled accounting professionals perceive their work and how are disabled accounting
professionals perceived within the accounting profession?
After further reviewing the literature, you’ve helped to develop this broad topic into two specific
research questions:
What are the experiences of disabled accounting professionals working in Scotland?
What are the attitudes towards disabled accounting professionals at accounting firms in Scotland?
You suggest that that the first question would lend itself to the collection and analysis of qualitative
data, while the second would lend itself to the collection and analysis of quantitative data. The
researchers are keen to do both at the same time, which you characterise as a convergent parallel
design.
Your task is to provide informed guidance on suitable approaches to collecting (and to a lesser
extent analysing) both forms of data, with clear justifications drawn from a range of empirical and
non-empirical resources. This guidance is in the form of a report, which should be well-referenced.
The following prompts are designed to help get you writing:
Data collection tools and techniques
What do you think would be an appropriate approach to collecting useful qualitative data on this
topic? Why? Can you give examples of this approach from relevant good quality peer-reviewed
published empirical research?
What do you think would be an appropriate approach to collecting useful quantitative data on this
topic? Why? Can you give examples of this approach from relevant good quality peer-reviewed
published empirical research?
Sampling
Who/where should the researchers collect qualitative data from? Why? Where primary data is being
collected, do you have any ideas for where they might find their participants and how they could
approach them? Where secondary data is being collected, where could they find this?
Who/where should researchers collect quantitative data from? Why? Where primary data is being
collected, do you have any ideas for where they might find their participants and how they could
approach them? Where secondary data is being collected, where could they find this?
Questions, scales, research instruments
The researchers are not sure how to (for example) write questions or find scales for collecting
qualitative and quantitative data. Where primary data is being collected, what advice would you give
the researchers on questions or scales? Can you give examples of both from relevant good quality
peer-reviewed published empirical research? Where secondary data is being collected, what are the
specifics of the research instruments used to collect the data?
Ethical issues
What are the key ethical principles of research, and what sort of ethical issues might the researchers
encounter in this particular study, within this particular profession? Are there different issues
relating to each question and form of data collected?
Data analysis
Briefly, what would be a suitable method for analysing the qualitative data and why do you think this
is appropriate here? Can you find any examples of this in published empirical and non-empirical
research?
Briefly, what would be a suitable method for analysing the quantitative data and why do you think
this is appropriate here? Can you find any examples of this in published empirical and non-empirical
research?
General notes:
For the purposes of this assignment, we are using the UK definition of disability under the Equality
Act 2010:
You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a
‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.
Please note that this assignment is primarily an assessment of your ability to study, select, and write
about data collection tools and related considerations when thinking about a specific research topic.
When planning a research project it is also very important to consider and study the tools and
techniques for analysing data, but we do not expect a lengthy discussion of the specifics of data
analysis in this assignment.
Part of this task is to clearly choose specific data collection tools and techniques and to justify these
choices as suitable for this research topic, with reference to relevant and suitable academic sources.
Please do not ask your lecturers and tutors whether or not you have made appropriate choices while
writing the assignment, as your ability to make and justify these decisions is part of what you are
being assessed on.
If you choose to include any tables or figures then these do not count towards your overall word
count.