Searching the Literature
Figure 4.2 Specificity of search questions. The amount of information which will be gathered is affected by the focus of the review, but also by the breadth of sources of…
NURSING
Getting Research into Practice
Clinical questions are derived from the scoping exercise and are similar in form to the questions that guide systematic reviews (see Chapter 4). The development of recommendations is derived from…
Critical Evaluation of Research Reports
validated and/or adequately described?appropriate to the research question? Procedure – Is it appropriate to the question:clearly described?accounts for bias? Data analysis – Is a clear rationale provided?Does it permit an…
Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Effectiveness
Criticisms of EBP Earlier in this chapter, we noted that some clinicians have felt EBP had the potential to erode their clinical autonomy and judgement, but that this has never…
Randomised Controlled Trials
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 17 Randomised Controlled Trials Key points A randomised controlled trial (RCT) is a type of experiment. RCTs involve randomisation, a control group and manipulation of the independent variable….
Cause and Effect, Hypothesis Testing and Estimation
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 14 Cause and Effect, Hypothesis Testing and Estimation Key points Assertions about cause and effect are probabilistic, not definitive. We make cause-effect predictions in daily life. Cause-effect predictions…
Sampling, Reliability and Validity Issues in Data Collection and Analysis
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 13 Sampling, Reliability and Validity Issues in Data Collection and Analysis Key points Random sampling decreases the likelihood that members of a sample are different from its population….
Limitations of Qualitative Research
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 12 Limitations of Qualitative Research Key points Qualitative research does not claim to be scientific in the same way as quantitative research. Samples in qualitative research are rarely…
Phenomenology
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 10 Phenomenology Key points Phenomenology is concerned with individuals’ perceptions of their experiences. Phenomenology as a philosophy is concerned with seeing things without making value judgements. Phenomenology frequently…
