Discussion Post #3

Your Task:

Reflect on the content of these chapters concerning your upcoming research problem. Consider the methodologies, study designs, and analytical approaches covered. Then, identify which type of study you believe you are conducting. 

Discussion Points:

1. Descriptive Research Design: Are you merely describing the characteristics of a phenomenon or population? How do mixed methods enhance your understanding?

2. Meta-Analysis* Are you analyzing previous research findings to draw more generalized conclusions?

3. Epidemiology: Does your study investigate the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and apply this study to control health problems?

4. Longitudinal Studies: Are you examining how subjects change over time or the relationship between variables that change over time?

Please Explain Your Choice:

– What aspects of your research problem align with your identified study type?

– How do the methodologies discussed in these chapters support your research design?

Dicussion Question:

Based on your course reading assignments (Chapters 6 and 7) as well as your pending research problem, what type of study do you believe you are conducting, Please explain why.

This last questions is the actual question for the discussion the info above is so to understand what is going on. I am going to attach my syllabus so you kind of understand where am at right now in the course.