Essay preview The purpose of this assignment is to critique and evaluate the chosen article in terms of strengths and weaknesses, to demonstrate an understanding of the research process. According to Polit and Beck (2004) the aim of critically appraising an article is an attempt to determine its strengths and limitations. Therefore, the research critique should reflect an objective and balanced consideration of the study's validity and significance (Polit and Hungler 1999). The task of critiquing is, according to Lo Biondo-Wood and Harber (2006) a challenging one and can only be effectively achieved through much practice and skill. For the purpose of this critique, the frameworks of Parahoo (1997) and Polit and Hungler (1999) have …show more content…
Cormack (2000) states that the literature review is a critical review of previous literature relating to the research topic. Therefore this section aims to provide the reader with an understanding of what the current state of evidence is in the selected area of study. This review is organised by heading that correspond to the key study concepts, which makes the review easy to follow. The researchers attempt to review previous studies relating to the topic, thus preparing the ground for new research. The studies presented highlight the significance of the problem under investigation. It was difficult to identify the exact research question, as there was no definite question asked. Although Valente (2003) states that sometimes researchers may hide the research question within the purpose of the study. The final statement of the literature review is therefore the purpose of this study - 'it is timely that perceived barriers...are identified and acknowledged'. Therefore as you read the review it moves from broad to specific relevance with the last section of the review clearly outlining the need for the study. Due to the article been published in 2004, it is expected that the references used will be relevantly recent. From reading the reference list, it can be seen that this is the case and only three references before 1994 have been used. There was a need for these older references as the original author who employed
The above article will be critiqued using Caldwell, Henshaw and Taylor’s (2005) critiquing framework as a guide (Appendix 1). The intent is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the research article and demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research methodology.
The purpose of this report is to conduct a critical appraisal of a published article.
To be clear, the intent of this essay is not to argue for or against the content; instead, we are analyzing what the article does in terms of the following:
I think the feedbacks that I have received were really useful and will certainly help me with my future personal and professional development. I feel that the given feedback has pointed out my weakness and that point that I need to work on for the future. It has motivated me to join in group deciosituon and to express my ideas. I feel much confidence when talking to others especially in group discussions. I understand that nursing is a profession that requires you to be more confidence with communication as you have to work with lots of different people from all sorts of different backgrounds and therefore, practicing these skills will become handy for the future.
In this paper I will analyze two articles, one is quantitative and the other is qualitative. I will describe the quantitative methods used including the research question addressed, the hypothesis, and variables. I will identify the population and sample. I will discuss the reliability and validity of the instruments used. I will then discuss the design of the article and how the findings were analyzed. For the qualitative article, I will identify the design of the article, the methods used and the strategies used for analyzing the data. Lastly, I will look at the implications for practice in the qualitative article, discuss other journals that might be interested in publishing the article and discuss how this article might
The purpose of this essay is to review the
Is there a Literature Review? What kind of information is found in this section? How current is and
A. the literature review provided articles that were relevant and a number of relevant studies and theories were described throughout the study.
This essay intends to critique and analyse the research paper, in order to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the research undertaken. Certain questions are required to ensure that the evaluation is assessing the essential components of the research (Holloway& Wheeler, 2002). Therefore Holloway and
Everyone possess critical thinking skills but when it comes to criticize a journal article it can be difficult for the first time, one of the best ways to develop critical thinking and reading skills is to use some strategies when reading and evaluating a research study (Wood & Haber,1998). The following essay it is going to focus in a critique of a qualitative journal article by giving its strengths and weakness, critical appraisal it is going to be done with support from different references and frameworks relevant to a qualitative study.
o Review of related literature: In what ways does the literature review support the need for this study?
The objectives of this essay are to critique the authors’ credentials, compare and critique the articles, discuss amongst other things such as language, structure and style. Discuss my criticism about the article, which one is better and why and the impact of the article on practice.
The framework that will be used to critique the above research paper is Coughlan, Cronin and Ryan (2007). This framework has been chosen because it is easy to follow and is routinely used to critique quantitative research studies (Fothergill and Lipp, 2014).
The Literature Review is vital to the process as it provides objective support data and rationales for the arguments in the proposal and the development of the interventions. It is a well-developed review of relevant information from creditable sources to lean support to the approaches presented in the proposal.
A Literature review is an essential and intense appraisal of previous research, it bestows a groundwork on which, to base a novel evidence and typically performed afore data collection, for it magnifies upon the aims of selecting a specific research question (Polit & Beck, 2017).