Effects of Large Financial Incentives for Long-Term Smoking Cessation Paper

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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

Download this word document to your computer.

Include the Assignment Rubric at the end of your document.

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

Carefully follow

all

directions for this assignment.

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.

Use the

same

research study that you selected in

Select a Study

Module 2 to answer these questions for Analyses #1 & 2.

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.

Keep the template in black font (as provided), but use

royal

blue font

for

your responses.

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.

Use APA format for all citations and references. Use the correct file

naming procedure for your submissions.

For Analysis #1 answer: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (covers modules 1-3); (Due

Module 4)

For Analysis #2 answer: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (covers Modules 4-6); (Due

Module 6)

1. Problem Statement/Purpose Statement

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?

Research Question/Hypotheses

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:

Identification and Operational Definitions of Study Variables

a. Name the

independent

and

dependent

variable/s in your study

. 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

(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)

Please explain thoroughly:

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:

under a section called Introduction

OR Literature Review

ALTERNATIVELY, there may be no specific heading

Note that it is NOT in the Abstract.

a. Where

, SPECIFICALLY,

is the Literature Review in your article? (Page

number? Column? Paragraph/s?)

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.

After reviewing the course content on primary and secondary sources

the Reference page of your article for 1

primary

source

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?):

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

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.

Study Design

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):

In your opinion, was this design appropriate for this study?

Why or why not?

Base this on evidence from your readings and course content.

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.

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?):

How would YOU have controlled for this extraneous variable?

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