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Critique
Learning objectives
The students should be able to
2. Define critique
3. List out steps in conducting research
critique
4. Understand the research critique process
5. State the guidelines for conducting
research critique
S1-critique Jan 08
Definition
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3. Examine the significance of the problem
studied for nursing practice.
2. Comparison:
requires what each step of the research
process should be like and then the ideal is
compared to the real.
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3. Analysis:
Involves critique of the logical links
connecting one study element with another.
4. Evaluation:
The evaluation becomes a summary of
the study’s quality that builds on
conclusions reached during the first three
phases
Guidelines
I. Title:
Is the title a good one, succinctly suggesting key
variables and the study population?
II. Abstract:
Does the abstract clearly and concisely
summarize the main features (problem,
methods, research conclusions)
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III.
Introduction
I. Problem statement:
a. What is the study problem? Is it easy to locate?
b. Is the problem stated clearly and unambiguously?
Is it easy to identify?
c. Does the problem stated, expresses a relationship
between two or more variables
d. Does the problem specify the nature of the
population being studied?
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ii. Purpose:
a. What is the study purpose?
b. Does the purpose narrow and clarify the
focus or aim of the study and identify the
research variables, population and setting?
c. Is it worded appropriately? Are verbs used
appropriately to suggest the nature of the inquiry
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iii. Objectives:
a. Formally stated? Clearly and concisely
stated?
b. Logically linked to purpose?
c. Linked to concepts and relationships from
the framework?
d. Measurable or potentially measurable and
achievable?
e. Do they clearly identify the variables and
population studied
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iv. Hypotheses:
Are they
a. Properly worded?
b. Stated objectively?
c. Stating a predictive relationship between
variables?
d. Stated in such a way that they are
testable?
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v. Conceptual framework:
a. Is the study framework identified? Is a
particular theory or model identified as a
framework for the study?
b. Is the framework explicitly expressed or
must be extracted from the literature
review?
d. Does the framework describe and define
the concepts and major features of the
theory?
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e. Does the framework present the
relationships among the concepts?
f. Is a map or model of the framework
provided for clarity?
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vi. Variables
a. Are the variables clearly defined based on
previous research and or theories?
b. Is the conceptual definition of a variable
consistent with the operational definition?
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c. Are the major variables or concepts
identified and defined)? Identify and
define the appropriate variables
included in the study: Independent
variables, Dependent variables,
Research variables
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IV. Review of literature
a. Is the literature review presented?
b. Are all relevant concepts and variables included in the
review?
c. Are relevant previous studies identified and described?
d. Are relevant theories and models identified and
described?
e. Are the references current? Examine the number of
sources in the last five and ten years in the reference list.
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Methodology:
i. Ethical considerations:
a. Are the rights of human subjects protected?
b. Were appropriate procedures used to safeguard the
rights of study participants used?
c. Was the study approved and monitored by an
institutional review board, research ethics board or
other similar ethics review committee?
d. Was the study designed to minimize risks and
maximize benefits to participants?
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ii. Design:
a. Is the research design clearly addressed? Identify the
specific design of the study.
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Instrument/tools: