RESEARCH ARTICLE CRITIQUE ASSIGNMENT
Instructions: At the baccalaureate level, professional nurses are prepared to be consumers of health care research. Inherent in the consumer role is the need to have the beginning abilities to critically read and critique research studies. You will each select an article from the list below to complete this assignment. Use the worksheet as a template to complete the assignment. Please refer to the rubric for how the critique will be graded. DO NOT cut and paste from the article, please answer the questions in your own words. You may summarize and paraphrase from the article you have chosen.
Student Name:
Title of Research Article:
Introduction and Literature Review
- What are the researchers are studying and why is it important to nursing practice? Provide support for your answer. You must mention nursing in your answer.
- What is the purpose of the study?
Design
- Identify the design of the study (Descriptive, Correlational, Quasi-experimental, or Experimental)?
- Does the study include an intervention or treatment? If so, describe the intervention or treatment.
- Does the design include more than one group? If so, how were participants placed into a group?
Variables
- What are the variables studied?
- If your study is non-experimental, what are the research variables?
- If your study is quasi-experimental or experimental, what are the independent variables and dependent variables?
Sample and Setting
- Describe the inclusion criteria.
- Describe the exclusion criteria.
- Identify whether the study used probability or nonprobability sampling method.
- What was the sample size?
- Describe the sample characteristics (this may also be found in the results section of your article).
Measurement
- What data collection method was used?
- Identify the measure used for each variable.
- How did the researchers determine the reliability and validity of each measure?
Data Analysis
- What statistical analyses were done to analyze the data?
Results/Discussion
- What were the findings of the study?
- What conclusions did the researchers identify based on their findings?
- What were the limitations to the study? Include limitations that may not be listed by the authors, but you have determined based on your critique.
- How did these limitations impact the findings of the study?
Overall Critique
- In your own words, write one paragraph about the overall strengths of the article and one paragraph about the overall weakness of the article. Your answer may include comments on how the article was written (For example, was there a specific section (background, methods, discussion, etc) that was written poorly?).
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