Critique Res Design

1. CRITIQE
RESEARCH DESIGN
Prof.Dr.Chinna Chadayan.N
RN.RM., B.Sc (N)., M.Sc (N)., Ph.D (N).,
Professor,
Adult and Elderly Health Nursing Department,
Enam Nursing College – Savar,
Bangladesh.
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Unit 8d
Critique
Research Design

2. WHAT IS RESEARCH CRITIQUE?
• A critical evaluation / appraisal of a research report
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3. RESEARCH CRITIQUE – DEFINITION
• “Systematic, unbiased, careful examination of all aspects
of a study to judge the merits, limitations, meaning and
significance based on previous research experience and
knowledge of the topic” - Burns, N. & Grove, S., 2005
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4. RESEARCH CRITIQUE …
• Requires
 • critical thinking,
• appraisal &
• intellectual skill
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5. Importance of research critique
 • To broaden understanding for use in practice.
 • For implementing an evidence-based nursing practice.
 • Encourages nurses to participate in clinical inquiry and
provide evidence for use in practice.
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6. PURPOSES OF CRITIQUE
To assess students’ methodological and analytical skills
(identify limitations & strengths).
 Seasoned researcher to help journal editions
 Written critique is a guide to researcher
 To advance nursing knowledge & profession
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7. APPROACHES FOR CRITIQUING
Principles
 Be objective: make comments specific to the work you
are reviewing
 Be constructive: Critique should be an advisory and
constructive nature
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8. CRITIQUE PROCESS
Comprehension
Comparison
Analysis
Evaluation
Conceptual clustering
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9. GENERAL GUIDELINES
Read & critique the entire study
Be objective & realistic
Comment on strengths and weakness
Give specific examples
Suggest alternatives
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10. GENERAL GUIDELINES
Use positive terms whenever possible and say the positive
points first
Avoid vague generalizations of praise and fault findings
Be sensitive in handling negative comments
Evaluate substantive, ethical, methodologic, interpretative
& presentational dimensions
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11. INITIAL CRITIQUE
  What type of study was conducted?
 What was the setting?
  Were the steps clearly identified?
 Was there a logical flow?
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12. ELEMENTS OF A RESEARCH CRITIQUE
  Substantive & theoretical dimensions
  Methodologic dimensions
  Ethical dimensions
  Interpretive dimensions
  Presentation / stylistic dimensions
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13. CRITERIA: INTRODUCTION
o  Is the purpose of the study presented?
o  Is the significance (importance) of the problem
discussed?
o  Does the investigator provide a sense of what he or
she is doing and why?
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14. Critique: METHODOLOGY
  Are the relevant variables and concepts clearly and operationally
defined?
  Is the design appropriate for the research questions or hypotheses?
  Are methods of data collection sufficiently described?
  What are the identified and potential threats to internal and
external validity that were present in the study?
  If there was more than one data collector, was the inter-rater
reliability adequate?
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15. Critique: SAMPLE
Are the subjects and sampling methods described?
Is the sample of sufficient size for the study, given the
number of variables and design?
Is there adequate assurance that the rights of human
subjects were protected?
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16. Critique: INSTRUMENTS
Are appropriate instruments for data collection used?
 Are reliability and validity of the instruments adequate?
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17. Thank u
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