Stephanie Nunes Western Governor’s University EBT 1 - Task 1 A. Article | Kowitt, B., Jefferson, J., & Mermel, L. (2013). Factors Associated with Hand Hygiene Compliance at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Vol. 34, No.
Chiquela Banks November 30, 2013 EBT Task 1 Peer Review: The Effectiveness of Handwashing in Community Health Selected Article The article I chose to review is entitled “The effectiveness of hand hygiene procedures in reducing the risks of infections in home and community settings including handwashing and alcohol-based hand sanitizers”. The following table offers a visual representation of the areas the article addresses. Table A1. Article: | Sally F. Bloomfield, B. P., Allison E. Aiello, P. M., Barry Cookson, F. F., & Carol O’Boyle, P. R. (December 2007). The effectiveness of hand hygiene.
A higher response rate can be obtained if follow-up questionnaires are sent, but this can add to the cost and time. However, some sociologists may choose to use questionnaires as there is no need to recruit and train interviewees thus saving costs. Another reason as to why some sociologists choose not to use questionnaires when conducting research is because of the fact that questionnaires are snapshots of social reality of the time when the respondents answer the questionnaires. This means that they fail to produce valid pictures as they do not capture how people’s attitudes can change over time. On the other hand, questionnaires tend to be used by sociologists as they provide less ethical issues than other research methods.
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From the way that I have interrupted that if the participates are forced into going through with the research it could have a very negative effect on the outcome and will cause data to be wrongfully interrupted. The informed consent is necessary for ethical research because it outlines what the researchers are doing and what is expected of the participates. It states what risks that are involved and they are able to back out at any time they wish if they are in fear or just do not want to help out anymore. After they are done with the study the participates need to be debriefed where if they are taking a medication that is being researched they are informed if they received the actual drug or a placebo, also at this time they are given an explanation of the study and the procedures that were involved. I will share with the class that I had my son involved in a drug study for ADHD about 9 years ago; it was for the patch that is offered now.
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Some researchers are even studying the logic behind the intuitive decision making models! The groups who study intuitive decision making models are realizing that it's not simply the opposite of rational decision making. Carl Jung pointed out that it is outside the realm of reason. In military schools the rational, analytical models have historically been utilized. It is also long been recognized, however, that once the enemy is engaged the analytical model may do more harm than good.
My impression of the IAT is that it may be accurate, but it really depends on the person taking it. These test are not accurate just used for research but I still feel as though it’s a better way to administer the test. The test made me think about the way they ordered to images and words and kept rearranging them making you use both your dominant and non-dominant hand to
Deception is often used but it is not supposed to be. She could have hid the real reason she was getting this information so she can get better responses. More truthful and real responses, people tend to lie when they know the real reason behind a study. And finally Analysis an Reporting, her whole point of this research is to get information. What if it contradicts with her findings?
• The objectivity in documenting researcher observation because this process is inherently subjective. This can be mitigated by offering a review of observation by team members and this will filter out subjectivity. This can also be done by providing adequate training to the team to enhance inter-observer