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What is the future of military robots?
The point of this paper is to craft a response, however preliminary, to a real question about some
aspect of information technology.
A “real” question is one that has no single, straightforward answer, and that will require you, in
addressing the question, to draw upon and synthesize information from a variety of sources.
Questions that lend themselves to simple explanatory or “how-to” answers (for example, “What is
Twitter?” or “How can people protect their computers from hackers?”) will not work for this
assignment.
Keep in mind that the focus is inquiry, not argumentation. The primary goal is to explore your
research question with depth and sophistication rather than to persuade an audience of a
particular viewpoint. While you will need to propose some sort of answer to your question in the
final version of your project, that answer may be tentative. Again, in writing this paper, focus on exploring, interpreting, and synthesizing ideas rather than on “defending” a thesis.
FINAL DRAFT SPECIFICATIONS
LENGTH
900-1200 words (not including citation page)
FORMAT
Please use APA citation style.
AUDIENCE
Address your paper to a general audience.
SOURCES
The research should emphasize at least 4 peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles. (Provided
below). Choose your favorite 6 from the attachments.
RESEARCH QUESTION
What is the future of military robots?
Theory and Research Assignment
Goals
After completing this module, you will be able to do the following:
Utilize data management software to manage quantitative data.
Differentiate among the various types of quantitative data analysis methods
Select the appropriate inferential or non-inferential analysis method, given a data set
Recommend strategies for cleaning and coding data, as well as dealing with missing data
Create graphs and charts to visually display descriptive data
Differentiate among the various methods of qualitative data analysis methods
Compare and contrast structured and unstructured qualitative data analysis methods.
Overview
This module focuses on the analysis and interpretation phase of research. We begin with data
management strategies and software. Then we explore quantitative data and inferential analysis.
Topics covered include processing data, analysis of variance, and data cleaning. Missing data,
regression analysis, and structured and semi-structured analysis are also covered.
Data management is an interim step between data collection and data analysis. Proactive data
management can help you detect potential problems when they can still be corrected. It also
allows for the preliminary analyses that are often required, either for reports or for data and
safety monitoring. Beginning researchers are likely to need guidance from expert researchers,
software tech support, tutorials, and manuals as well as their consultant statistician when setting
up all but the simplest databases, but these tasks become much easier with practice.
The basic data cleanup, replacement of missing data, visual representations, descriptive
statistics, and bivariate association statistics described in this chapter are useful in the analysis
of virtually every nursing research study. For some studies, the analysis is complete after
accomplishing these basic steps. For other, more complex studies, it is necessary to continue
with the more advanced analytic techniques such as inferential analysis. Whether the analysis is
basic or advanced, you will want to have a good statistics textbook, a guide to whatever
statistical analysis software you are using, and guidance from an expert researcher and/or
statistician to help you complete your quantitative data analysis correctly.
The most structured approach to the analysis of qualitative data uses coding and quantifying of the qualitative data. Content analysis is a specific case of the quantification of qualitative data. At
the other end of the continuum are three of the great traditions in qualitative research:
ethnography, grounded theory, and phenomenological analysis. In between lie a variety of coding
and thematizing analyses that operate within a semi-structured and unstructured framework.
Each of these reflects a very different tradition, which needs to be kept in mind as you match
your data to the appropriate analytic framework. Data collection and data analysis may occur
virtually simultaneously in the most unstructured of these approaches, while the more structured
analyses are done after the data has been collected and processed.
Assignment:
Locate a nursing study that examines the effects of an intervention. Provide a summary of the
study, focusing primarily on the intervention. Was the development and implementation of the
intervention described in detail? Based on a theoretical framework? Did the design of the study
promote investigation of the effects of the study—for example, was there comparison of
experimental and control groups? Were there variables that could have impacted the findings
that were not part of the intervention? Was there evidence of efforts to monitor the safety of
participants? Are there any ways that the study could have been improved?
Locate a nursing study that utilizes some aspect of the internet (for instance, for recruitment,
delivery of an intervention, or completing online assessments. What challenges did the
researchers face, and how were these challenges overcome (or not)? How could future research
efforts be improved?
Using your computer’s office tools, develop a pie, bar, or plot chart to represent the following population estimates:
Population Percentage
European American 20
African American 30
Native American 20
Hispanic American 30
The assignment should be between 1500 and 2000 words in length and contain at least two
scholarly sources
Writing Across the Curriculum Project. Using Professional and Scholarly Resources
Level One:
• Cite professional/scholarly nursing reference using APA citation
• Run a CINAHL database search accessed through the library homepage on the topic of basic
care and comfort.
• Write a one and half to two page summary using APA format
• Work individually to create a written product
ASSIGNMENT FOR:
LEVEL ONE:
Student Learning Outcomes:
Demonstrate familiarity with nursing journals/publications
Engage in an introduction to electronic resources using the DCC/CSN library home page
Engage in an introduction to using APA reference citation
Write a summary of an article using APA format
Written Assignment
Topic: Choose a concept topic and look for an article that addresses nursing implications and/or
nursing considerations.
Concept topics:
Assessment; Infection; Communication; Oxygenation; Elimination; Perfusion; Intervention:
Medication Administration; Tissue Integrity; Mobility; Clinical Decision Making; Metabolism;
Teaching and Learning
Go to the library and review one of the following nursing journals available in print and in the
DCC/CSN electronic database on the assigned topic (within the past five years): American
Journal of Nursing; Home Healthcare Now; Nursing; Nursing Made Incredibly Easy; Minority
Nurse Magazine.
Guidelines:
• Access CINAHL through the library’s home page
• The search must produce a professional/scholarly nursing article within the past five (5) years
• Provide a one and one half to two page double spaced summary of the article using APA format
• The summary will include an overview of the content in the article.
• A clinical evaluation “Satisfactory” or ‘Unsatisfactory” will be issued for the written assignment
as this is a clinical assignment reflecting an understanding of patient basic care, patient safety,
and/or patient comfort.
Requirements for turning in the written assignment:
Introduction
The quality of your written assignment is a reflection on you. Your instructor is committed to
assisting you to produce the best written assignment possible, while ensuring all work conforms
to a universal style. You are responsible for following the procedure for submitting your work to
your instructor, who will grade the format and content using the grading rubric.
Style:
The written assignment shall follow the guidelines described in the current Publication Manual of
the American Psychological Association.
Spacing:
Double-space the text throughout the work, both within and between paragraphs. Do not triple or
quadruple space between paragraphs. Paragraphs should be indented one half inch (0.5”).
Margins:
Regardless of the margin requirements dictated in the APA Publication Manual or approved
alternate style guide, your margins shall conform to the following rules.
a. The top, right, left, and bottom of each page will have a margin of one inch (1”).
b. Do not justify the right margin.
Type Style (Font) / Size:
Utilize black type in 12-point Times New Roman font.
Title Page:
Submit a “Title” page with the name of the article, your name, course name, instructor’s name,
and date. Each should be centered on its own line.
Follow the title page with the summary of the article.
Follow the summary of the article with the reference page.
Submit the following to your instructor:
Submit both a hard copy and an electronic copy of the journal article, the completed written
assignment, and a copy of the grading rubric.