HLTH 2250 Assignment:
Critical Appraisal of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Papers (25%)
Complete Part One (appraisal ofcredibilityof research) and Part Two (appraisal ofintegrityof research) for both a qualitative and quantitative research paper.
No abstract is required.
Your total assignment should beno longer than 10 pages, with one additional page for a title page, and one page listing any references.
Submit on the Blackboard Drop Box.
Part One:
Appraising Research Credibility
Instructions:
1. Search for both a qualitative and quantitative research paper in a health and community practice topic of your choice.
2. List the citation (the reference in APA) for each article
3. Provide rationale: For each citation list three to four elements of this article that help you identify it as aqualitative or quantitativepiece of research (consider the problem/question, methods chosen, data presented, reasoning).
4. Appraise the research credibility of each paper: Appraise the type and quality of the journal,the authors’ credentials, and the review process. Identify the purpose of the research and howthe findings are presented. Describe if and how the authors are convincing in their argument, and if you believe the conclusions reached are appropriate given the findings presented in the article.
Write your responses in a 1 page summary for each article.
20 marks (10 for the review of credibility for the Qualitative paper and 10 for Quantitative papers)
Part Two:
Appraisal of Research Integrity for a Qualitative and Quantitative Research Paper
Instructions:
1. Using the same qualitative and quantitative research papers from Part One, now appraise theintegrityof the research responding to the questions in the following tables with “questions to ask in Qualitative and Quantitative research papers” (refer to the questions to respond to in your appraisals).
3. Write up your critical appraisal for each article in anarrative summary, referencing back to your chosen articles, course module material or readings in order to highlight your rationale. Each narrative summary should be no longer than 4 pages.
80 marks (40 marks for each narrative critical appraisal–Qualitative and Quantitative).
Appraisal Questions for Qualitative Papers
1. Citation
2. Purpose and study rationale
3. Fit and specific rationale 4. Design
5. Participants
6. Researcher (or researchers)
7. Ethics
8. Context 9. Data
10. Analysis
11. Findings and results 12. Conclusions
13. Implications and application
What is the name of the paper? The complete citation?
Did the authors provide a clear statement of the aims of the research?
Is a qualitative methodology appropriate?
Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research?
Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research?
Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered?
Have ethical issues been taken into consideration?
Where did the study take place?
What was the sequence of the study? Were the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue?
Was the analysis of the data sufficiently rigorous?
Was there a clear statement of findings?
What did the authors assert about how the results and study process contribute to the conclusions?
How valuable is the research?
Appraisal Questions for Quantitative Papers
1. Citation
2. Purpose and study rationale
3. Fit and specific rationale 4. Design
5. Participants
6. Researcher (or researchers) 7. Ethics
8. Context 9. Data
10. Analysis
11. Results
12. Conclusions
13. Implications and application
What is the study report? The complete citation?
Did the authors provide a clear statement of the aims of the research?
Is a quantitative methodology appropriate?
Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research?
Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? Are the sampling issues relevant to the methodology adequately addressed? Does the sampling strengthen or weaken the quality of the results?
Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered?
Have ethical issues been taken into consideration?
Where did the study take place?
What was the sequence of the study? What constituted data (e.g., test scores, questionnaire responses, etc.) and were data collected to address validity and reliability concerns?
What form of data analysis was used, and what specific question was it designed to answer? What statistical operations and computer programs were employed?
What are identified as the primary results (products of findings produced by the data analysis)?
What did the authors assert about how the results and study process contribute to the conclusions?
How valuable is the research? Consider generalizability and any limitations.
Source:Adapted fromReading and Understanding Research(3rd ed.), L.F. Locke, S.J. Silverman & W.W. Spirduso, 2010, London, United Kingdom: Sage. Copyright 2010 by Lee et al.