Critiquing qualitative research.
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).
University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.
Cheryl Tatano
CT
Beck
D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005007:Ethnology; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D036801:Parturition / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology