Week 6 Discussion HMGT 400

Week 6 Discussion HMGT 400
• Specific Rules for Discussions
1.Each post must be at least 130 words long or it receives no credit. Only the first initial postings
and the first response postings meeting the 130-word requirement will be graded.
2.The initial posting must be submitted by Thursday night at 11:59 pm EST. The response’s
postings are due Sunday night at 11:59 pm.
3. First Initial & response’s postings must include at least two references – one internal (course readings, course modules, primers,
webliography, etc.) and one external (other authoritative sources beyond our course material)
Note: No wiki or blog references
Topic:
Discussion 6: Research Methods and Techniques, Part 3

For the first part of this week discussion pick up one of the following areas and discuss about that, please remember to support your discussion with related citation.
1) Discuss about the roles and function of quantitative methods in health service management? And Discuss about qualitative and quantitative research (Similarities and difference)
2) Define and compare measures of variation (range, St. Dev.)
3) Discuss about the shape of distribution and then compare positive and negative Skewed?
This week you need to work on TA2, for this week we don’t have any exercise, please try to start the TA2 as soon as you can– thank you.
Background:
An Introduction to Qualitative Research
The Role and Function of Quantitative Methods in Health Services Management (http://samples.jbpub.com/9780763758714/58714_CH01_Lewis.pdf)
Summarizing Data: Measures of Variation (https://cims.nyu.edu/~kiryl/Elementary%20Statistics/Chapter_4.pdf)
Positive and negative Skewed: http://www.statisticshowto.com/skewed-distribution/

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• Specific Rules for Discussions
1.Each post must be at least 130 words long or it receives no credit. Only the first initial postings
and the first response postings meeting the 130-word requirement will be graded.
2.The initial posting must be submitted by Thursday night at 11:59 pm EST. The response’s
postings are due Sunday night at 11:59 pm.
3. First Initial & response’s postings must include at least two references – one internal (course readings, course modules, primers,
webliography, etc.) and one external (other authoritative sources beyond our course material)
Note: No wiki or blog references
Topic:
Discussion 6: Research Methods and Techniques, Part 3

For the first part of this week discussion pick up one of the following areas and discuss about that, please remember to support your discussion with related citation.
1) Discuss about the roles and function of quantitative methods in health service management? And Discuss about qualitative and quantitative research (Similarities and difference)
2) Define and compare measures of variation (range, St. Dev.)
3) Discuss about the shape of distribution and then compare positive and negative Skewed?
This week you need to work on TA2, for this week we don’t have any exercise, please try to start the TA2 as soon as you can– thank you.
Background:
An Introduction to Qualitative Research
The Role and Function of Quantitative Methods in Health Services Management (http://samples.jbpub.com/9780763758714/58714_CH01_Lewis.pdf)
Summarizing Data: Measures of Variation (https://cims.nyu.edu/~kiryl/Elementary%20Statistics/Chapter_4.pdf)
Positive and negative Skewed: http://www.statisticshowto.com/skewed-distribution/

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