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How to Develop Research Questions

How to Develop Research Questions. Research Questions (for quantitative studies) Identify the target population State an intervention (independent variable) List the variables to be measured/outcomes (dependent variables). Sample Research Question (for quantitative studies)

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How to Develop Research Questions

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  1. How to DevelopResearch Questions

  2. Research Questions (for quantitative studies) • Identify the target population • State an intervention (independent variable) • List the variables to be measured/outcomes (dependent variables)

  3. Sample Research Question (for quantitative studies) What are the effects of weekly quizzes on the grades of nursing students? Target Population: nursing students Intervention (independent variable): weekly quizzes Variable to be measured (dependent variable): grades

  4. Sample Research Question (for quantitative studies) Is there a difference in patient satisfaction scores between patients who have had nursing students care for them and patients who have not had nursing students assigned to them? Target Population: patients Intervention (independent variable): assignment of a nursing student Variable to be measured (dependent variable): patient satisfaction scores

  5. Research Questions (for qualitative studies) Research questions for qualitative studies are not as specific as those for quantitative studies. There are no independent or dependent variables, nor is there a target audience.

  6. Research Questions (for qualitative studies) Qualitative questions ask, “What is the lived experience…” (phenomenology) or address questions about how cultural norms influence health (ethnography), or what happened in the past (historical)?

  7. Sample Research Question (for qualitative studies) What is the definition of health for migrant farm worker women? (phenomenology) What do Vietnamese refugees believe about the experience of pain? (ethnography) What happened to the nurses interred in prisoner of war camps during World War II? (historical)

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