Purpose:
The purpose of this paper is to identify the quality of a research study. The ability to identify quality research and apply it to current nursing practice or to support a change in nursing practice is a skill set necessary for professional nurses.
Guidelines:
The assigned research article to be used for this critique: Grobecker, P. (2015). A sense of belonging and perceived stress among baccalaureate nursing students in clinical placements. Nurse Education Today, 36, 178-183. (find the link above and in the Readings Module).
You must have a minimum of 3 references (one is the Grobecker article)
The research critique is about reviewing a research study to identify and assess the components that make up a quality research article. The purpose of this paper is to identify the quality of the research as presented in the article. Read the assigned article and look specifically for the following:
research purpose/question/hypothesis
research design
method of data collection
sampling
legal and ethical considerations
data analysis
weaknesses/limitations and further study
Criteria to be included in the critique paper
Were the methods used appropriate to the research problem? Explain your response (provide a reference)
Sampling
Describe the characteristics of the sample (age, race, education level etc).
How a many people were in the sample? (sample size)
What are the criteria for eligibility in the sample? (Inclusion and exclusion criteria)
Do the eligibility requirements make sense? (Explain and support your response)
Variables
What were the variables in this study?
Is there an independent variable(s)? If so, identify it. Remember, the independent variable is the treatment or intervention that is being manipulated by the researcher.
Are there dependent variable(s). The dependent variable is the outcome or effect the researcher is interested in, or the response to the independent variable.
Has the study gone through a review process to identify any ethical issues i.e. approval by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Research Committee?
Does the study have any ethical issues that need to be considered, what are they?
Is there evidence that informed consent was obtained from all participants in the study or their representatives?
Data Analysis
What is the population that was sampled in this study?
Can these results be generalized from the sample to a larger population?
Findings/Results
What were the findings of this study?
Weaknesses/ Limitations and Further Study
Did the author(s) identify any weaknesses or limitations of the study?
What are the author(s) recommendations for further study?
Conclusion
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