Provides the Opportunity to Demonstrate Students’ Understanding of the Different Research Philosophies and Methodologies: Research Philosophy And Qualitative Assignment, NUS, Singapore

This assessment task provides the opportunity to demonstrate students’ understanding of the different research philosophies and methodologies covered throughout the unit. Students will critically review and analyze one of the below-given research articles with an in-depth discussion, justification, and analysis of methodology and methods.

Students are required to provide a summary of the review at the end to demonstrate a well-developed understanding of the validity and reliability or trustworthiness of the research study. For this assessment: Identify a research study from the options given below.

Analyze and critically Review using the appropriate Critical Appraisals Skills Programme (CASP) tool.

Argue and Justify whether the methodology and methods are appropriate to address the research problem.

Students are required to articulate, discuss and justify the strengths and weaknesses using relevant supporting evidence. Assessment criteria:

·Your assignment must have an introduction, a body (which is the content of your analysis), and a conclusion.

·Use at least 10 additional peer-reviewed journal articles using APA 7th FORMAT/guidelines to support your analysis. Information cited from an unreliable website, pamphlets, or magazines is not acceptable for this paper. Research articles: Gross, S. L. (2016).

Comparison of Three Practices for Dressing Chest Tube Insertion Sites.