Carlos Albizu University Wk 4 Reliability and Validity Case Study

Week 4

Research Methods in Healthcare Management APA Style Question

Part 1

Discussion Prompt 1-3 Paragraphs (Case Study Attached)

Review the case study at the end of Chapter 5 of your e-text and address the following question:

• When the team started looking at the questions in the original survey, they felt that they reflected issues of neighborhood and community safety rather than interpersonal violence. Do you think that this information is still valuable? Why? What would you do with the information gathered from these old surveys?

Part 2 (Please Separate this part to a different Word Document)

Week 4 Assignment: Validity and Reliability Scenarios

Objective: Analyze validity and reliability.

For each scenario below use complete sentences to:

• Analyze the validity and reliability (determine if it is high or low).
• Explain your rationale for each response.

Scenarios:

• A researcher asks a participant to take an existing alcoholic survey twice. The first time, the participant receives a result of “Alcoholic”; the second time, the participant receives a result of “Non-alcoholic.”
• A thermometer always gives a temperature value that is 0.5 degrees higher than it is supposed to be.
• An X-ray machine gives a picture that a radiologist is always able to analyze effectively.
• A placebo medication given to randomly assigned participants sometimes gives participants a stomach virus.
• A patient’s treatment plan is missing from the electronic medical record.
• A medical assistant asks patients about diet and exercise regimens, both of which help the physician make informed treatment plans.
• Two root-cause analyses of a hospital readmission problem are performed. One analysis determines that patients’ access to care is the issue; the other analysis determines that discharge instructions need to be clearer.
• A statistical analysis of patient wait time indicates an incorrect mean the majority of the time.

Your total responses should be one to two pages long. Include a title page and a reference list. You may cite your textbook as a source. Remember to always cite your sources using APA Style.