Evaluating research questions, hypotheses, and quantitative research

• Evaluate quantitative research questions and hypotheses in research studies published in peer-reviewed journals
• Identify quantitative designs in research studies published in peer-reviewed journals
• Explain use of quantitative designs in research studies published in peer-reviewed journals
• Analyze alignment among theory, problem, purpose, research questions and hypotheses, and design in quantitative research studies published in peer-reviewed journals
• Apply APA Style to writing

For this Discussion, you will evaluate quantitative research questions and hypotheses in assigned journal articles in your discipline and consider the alignment of theory, problem, purpose, research questions and hypotheses, and design. You will also identify the type of quantitative research design the authors used and explain how it was implemented. Quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental are examples of types of research designs used in quantitative research. 

Be sure to support your Main Issue Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.

Babbie, E. (2017). Basics of social research (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

• Chapter 5, “Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement”

 Burkholder, G. J., Cox, K. A., Crawford, L. M., & Hitchcock, J. H.  (Eds.). (2020). Research designs and methods: An applied guide for the scholar-practitioner. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Chapter 4, “Quantitative Research Designs”

The article to be used is attached:

Davies, B., Griffiths, J., Liddiard, K., Lowe, K., & Stead, L. (2015). Changes in staff confidence and attributions for challenging behaviour after training in positive behavioural support within a forensic medium secure service. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 26(6), 847–861. doi: 10.1080/14789949.2015.1072574