Critical Research Appraisal
Assignment
Goal:
You will critically appraise a research design
Content Requirements:
You will select one research report with a qualitative design and one with quantitative
design and answer the following questions regarding the following categories:
1. Discuss what is meant by the term Qualitative Research
o Briefly, describe the characteristics of qualitative research and
identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a
qualitative research approach.
o Compare and contrast three different qualitative research
methodologies.
o Briefly, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative
research evidence for informing nursing practice.
o Communicate how this research design used in research.
2. The study, sampling, data collection, analysis, rigor, findings and limitations
o Identify the purpose of the study.
o Briefly, describe the design of the study and explain why you think
it is either appropriate or inappropriate to meet the purpose.
o Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were
not addressed.
o Identify the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was
used.
o Discuss whether sampling and recruitment were appropriate to the
aims of the research.
o Identify the data collection method(s) and discuss whether the
method(s) is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
o Identify how the data was analyzed and discuss whether the
method(s) of analysis is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
o Identify four (4) criteria by which the rigor of a qualitative project
can be judged.
o Discuss the rigor of this study using the four criteria.
o Briefly, describe the findings of the study and identify any
limitations.
Assignment
Goal:
You will critically appraise a research design
Content Requirements:
You will select one research report with a qualitative design and one with quantitative
design and answer the following questions regarding the following categories:
1. Discuss what is meant by the term Qualitative Research
o Briefly, describe the characteristics of qualitative research and
identify nursing issues/phenomena that lend themselves to a
qualitative research approach.
o Compare and contrast three different qualitative research
methodologies.
o Briefly, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative
research evidence for informing nursing practice.
o Communicate how this research design used in research.
2. The study, sampling, data collection, analysis, rigor, findings and limitations
o Identify the purpose of the study.
o Briefly, describe the design of the study and explain why you think
it is either appropriate or inappropriate to meet the purpose.
o Identify ethical issues related to the study and how they were/were
not addressed.
o Identify the sampling method and recruitment strategy that was
used.
o Discuss whether sampling and recruitment were appropriate to the
aims of the research.
o Identify the data collection method(s) and discuss whether the
method(s) is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
o Identify how the data was analyzed and discuss whether the
method(s) of analysis is/are appropriate to the aims of the study.
o Identify four (4) criteria by which the rigor of a qualitative project
can be judged.
o Discuss the rigor of this study using the four criteria.
o Briefly, describe the findings of the study and identify any
limitations.
