Study: Postoperative Care and Rehabilitation after Hip Replacement Surgery (8pgs)

Study: Postoperative Care and Rehabilitation after Hip Replacement Surgery (8pgs)

Statement of purpose

• What was studied and why?
• The population studies (if appropriate) and how they will be selected for the study

Description of the methodology

• Is your study qualitative or quantitative and why did you choose this method?
• If you chose quantitative, is your study:
  • Descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental or experimental and why?
• If you chose qualitative, is your study:
  • A case study, grounded theory, phenomenology, ethnography, or historical study and why?
• What other methods were considered but discarded?

Data collection

• How will you collect the data that correlates to your research method?
• What are the factors that influence this data collection choice?
• Identify and explain the data collection instrument and if they are published instruments or created by the researcher.
• Where will the data be collected and who will collect it? How will it be recorded?
• How is the data collection connected to the research questions?
• What is the plan for data analysis?

Trustworthiness

Describe how you will ensure your study is trustworthy:

• Qualitative: Explain strategies for credibility, dependability confirmability, and transferability.
• Quantitative: Explain strategies for internal and external validity, reliability, and objectivity