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Frameworks differ based on populations or settings, but no matter what you are studying, frameworks should always help you and your readers understand how and why you make the choices you do, and why you draw the conclusions you do. For example, two people may be studying technology integration, but if they are using different frameworks to guide their study, they will likely generate different findings. Why? Their frameworks will guide them toward different definitions of technology, different settings and different approaches for quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
In this paper, you explore these concepts and deepen your understanding by collaborating with your colleagues.
- Explain your concept map graphic and discuss your conceptual framework. Note that you should provide copies of all documents that you will reference in your in your paper as attachments. Be sure to address the following questions:
- Explain how and why you are integrating quantitative and qualitative elements. Include the information and insight gained from your paper in question (1).
- What is my framework, and how does it inform my study?
- What are the important contexts I considered?
- What are important definitions?
Construct a 2- to 3-paragraph post in which you justify your choice of mixed methods as the best fit for a research questions such as (What degree do religious doctrines, moral teachings, and rituals proceed to impact citizens ethical judgment, decision making in politics, laws and policy implementation, and to what level such effects both unfluctuating with for a nonreligious environment?
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Running head: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
In a research trying to determine the main factor contributing to the prevalence of
Anaemia in a certain community, the concept map and the conceptual framework would be as
follows:
Concept map
AVAILABILITY OF
HOSPITALS
AGE
ANAEMIA
LITERACY LEVELS
ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS
CULTURAL BELIEFS
AND PRACTICES
The concept map tries to explain the various factors that contribute to the presence of the
Anaemia condition. The factors include the age of the community members, the literacy levels,
the economic conditions of the people in the area, the access to medical services and the cultural
beliefs and practices of the people living in the region.
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Conceptual framework
DEPENDENT VARIABLES
Independent Variables
ANAEMIA
LITERACY LEVELS
ECONOMIC STATUS
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE
AGE
CULTURAL PRACTICES
The conceptual framework of the research that seeks to determine the main factor that
contributes to the prevalence of Anaemia would be as the one above. The framework describes
the dependent and independent variables in the research.
In order to get a detailed understanding of the topic in question, it is advisable to combine
both the qualitative and the quantitative elements. It is also advisable to use the combined
elements so as to get a comprehensive report on the research being carried out. (Ravitch &
Riggan, 2012). Quantitative methods include the use of information that is closed ended and
mainly deals with figures. Qualitative methods, on the other hand, is associated with information
that is open ended mostly collected in word form and can be gathered through questionnaires and
focus group discussions. (Bloomberg & Volpe, 2012).
In the above research work, both the quantitative and the qualitative research methods
would be essential in order to produce an accurate and comprehensive report. (Maxwell,
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
2012). The quantitative part would seek to find which factors have contributed mostly to people
getting Anaemia within that region. The qualitative part will also seek to investigate in depth
about each factor and how they contribute to people getting Anaemia. When this data will finally
be analyzed, it will lead to a detailed report.
The most important contexts to be considered in the above research are the variables that
are to be used which include the dependent and the independent variables. (Maxwell, 2012). In
the research, important words and phrases including the variables listed to have to get accurate
information while conducting the research.
In the research question example, a researcher ...
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