Critique Article Elements

Week 1

article review
Critique: Ethics, Research problem and Review of Literature Elements

                                Ethics

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Think about what elements are for either a qualitative or quantitative article – how do you know which one this article is? What are the qualities that would cause you to categorize it? 

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Can you tell if there was IRB approval?

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How were patients consented? Can you imagine any issues that might have occurred with obtaining consent?  Describe.

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Discuss your thoughts on the research trial and the 3 principles of:

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 Beneficence ( risk – benefit ratio?)

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Justice (Vulnerable populations? )

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Respect for Persons (Any evidence of coercion?)

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Is it evident that the benefits of the study outweighed the risks?

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What other potential ethical issues can you determine?

Research Problem

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What is the research problem? Did they convince you of the need for studying this problem?

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Is the hypothesis  directional?  How else can you describe it?

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What are the variables under study – which are independent/ dependent?

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Name some extraneous variables

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List at least 1 conceptual and matching operational definition?  Are they really Measurable as described in the article?

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Review of Literature

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Are references recent? How many did they use – do you think they used enough to cover the topic sufficiently – why or why not?

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List at least 3 primary and 3 secondary sources mentioned in Reference list

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Are the populations and types of studies in the listed studies compatibleto THIS study?

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Did they provide any opposing ideas or were they all in SUPPORT of their study?

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How did ROL flow – did you have a good understanding of the gap in the knowledge?

Week 2: article review Framework, Design, and Sampling

Theory/Frameworks

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Is it based on nursing theory or one from another discipline?

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Is the conceptual model relevant to nursing research if not nursing?

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Are the major concepts of the model identified and defined? What do you think they are?

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Is the theory sufficiently detailed enough to explain the phenomenon or is it overly complex?

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WHY do you think this?

Design

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What type of design is it?

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Describe the characteristics that make it that design.

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Is it appropriate to answer the research question?

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What are the threats to internal validity?

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What are the threats to external validity?

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How did they try and control for these?

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Sampling

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What sampling technique was used? What are the characteristics that made you think it was that type?

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Was it the most appropriate to use?

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Have the sample characteristics been well described?   What are they?

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Did the researcher identify limitations to generalizability?

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Any attrition mentioned?

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Retention or recruitment strategies?

Week 3 article review: Data collection, Control, and Data Analysis

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