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Critiquing Qualitative Research
Author(s) -
Beck Cheryl Tatano
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2008.12.023
Subject(s) - qualitative research , sample (material) , psychology , qualitative property , data collection , qualitative analysis , clinical practice , medical education , medicine , nursing , sociology , computer science , social science , chemistry , chromatography , machine learning
The ability to critique research is a valuable skill that is fundamental to a perioperative nurse's ability to base his or her clinical practice on evidence derived from research. Criteria differ for critiquing a quantitative versus a qualitative study (ie, statistics are evaluated in a quantitative study, but not in a qualitative study). This article provides on guidelines for assessing qualitative research. Excerpts from a published qualitative research report are summarized and then critiqued. Questions are provided that help evaluate different sections of a research study (eg, sample, data collection methods, data analysis). AORN J 90 (October 2009) 543–554. © AORN, Inc, 2009.