You will prepare and submit a term paper on Rewiev of the Article: Management of Type 2 Diabetes. Your paper should be a minimum of 2000 words in length.

You will prepare and submit a term paper on Rewiev of the Article: Management of Type 2 Diabetes. Your paper should be a minimum of 2000 words in length. The authors provide a good synthesis of relevant information on the previous studies thus linking potential findings of their study to a wider framework of theoretical knowledge on the management of chronic conditions similar to diabetes. They also identify gaps in the existing body of knowledge thus fully justifying the need for their own research being performed. The methodological framework employed by the authors for their study deserves particular attention. The specific nature of the formulated research purposes raised a set of strict requirements to be addressed within a certain methodological framework. It might be misleading to discuss the appropriateness of the methodology used in the study without mapping the basic characteristics of qualitative and quantitative techniques utilized by the researchers.

The quantitative methodology employs methods historically applied in the natural (physical) sciences. The primary task of quantitative research is to ensure the validity and reliability of results (Dingwall et al, 1998). The concept of reliability as applied in quantitative research can be defined as: “The extent to which results are consistent over time and an accurate representation of the total population under study is referred to as reliability and if the results of a study can be reproduced under a similar methodology, then the research instrument is considered to be reliable” (Golafshani, 2003: 598).

Quantitative research implies standardized questionnaires and methods of data analysis, the specific position of the researcher who is considered external to the research he carries out, replicability of the results regardless of the context, etc (Wainer & Braun, 1998).&nbsp.