Critical Research Appraisal

Critical Research Appraisal 

Goal:

You will critically appraise a research design

Content Requirements:

You will select one research report with a qualitative design and one with quantitative design and answer the following questions regarding the following categories:

1. Discuss what is meant by the term Qualitative Research

• Briefly, describe the characteristics of qualitative research and identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a qualitative research approach.
• Compare and contrast three different qualitative research methodologies.
• Briefly, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research evidence for informing nursing practice.
• Communicate how this research design used in research.

Critical Research Appraisal

2. The study, sampling, data collection, analysis, rigor, findings and limitations

• Identify the purpose of the study.
• Briefly, describe the design of the study and explain why you think it is either appropriate or inappropriate to meet the purpose.
• Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were not addressed.
• Identify the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was used.
• Discuss whether sampling and recruitment were appropriate to the aims of the research.
• Identify the data collection method(s) and discuss whether the method(s) is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
• Identify how the data was analyzed and discuss whether the method(s) of analysis is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
• Identify four (4) criteria by which the rigor of a qualitative project can be judged.

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Critical Research Appraisal 

Goal:

You will critically appraise a research design

Content Requirements:

You will select one research report with a qualitative design and one with quantitative design and answer the following questions regarding the following categories:

1. Discuss what is meant by the term Qualitative Research

• Briefly, describe the characteristics of qualitative research and identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a qualitative research approach.
• Compare and contrast three different qualitative research methodologies.
• Briefly, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research evidence for informing nursing practice.
• Communicate how this research design used in research.