The Survey Says: Conducting a Descriptive Research Study (Step One)

The Survey Says: Conducting a Descriptive Research Study “Barriers to Accepting Health Information Technologies”

Step One

Introduction: With the rapid transformation of the U.S. healthcare industry, today’s HIM (including health care managers) professional requires an advanced level of skill sets and training. This includes the basic ability to conduct health care research and analysis raw data in order to derive meaningful information. Conduct a descriptive research study on the assigned topic “Barriers to Accepting Health Information Technologies”.

Deliverables: Submit one (1) single document at the conclusion of Week Three no later than Sunday, by 11:59 PM EST. Your submission must include an APA-formatted cover sheet.

Step One (Part A): Identifying the Variables-

Given the assigned research topic “Barriers to Accepting Health Information Technologies”, identify your independent and dependent study variable(s) [Refer to the accompanying reference document attached below titled "Pointers for Completing Steps One (Part A & B)]

Step One (Part B): Formulate The Hypothesis-

State your hypothesis [Refer to the accompanying reference document attached below titled "Pointers for Completing Step One (Part A & B)]