What’s Different About Qualitative Research?

Ann McKee is the director of the Boston University’s C.T.E Center. ““It’s very concerning,” Dr. Ann McKee, a principle author of the study as director of Boston University’s C.T.E Center, said of the college findings.” By using this example, the author of the article builds up credibility for both them and Dr. Ann McKee. The Editorial Board is a group of people who dictate tone and direction the publication’s editorial policy will take. The Editorial Board consists of 16 journalists with wide-ranged areas of expertise. The second tool The Editorial Board uses is pathos.

The abstract provides a nice summary of the article including the purpose, method, results and conclusion of the study. There is no real sense of urgency portrayed in the abstract because the authors fail to explain what the problem is that the study is aimed at researching. The authors do include the applicability of their

Guide. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill/Open University Press. This article was used in understanding some of the various categories of literature reviews that can be used expound on the present research question. The other article is: Rice, H. E., Englum, B. R., Gulack, B. C., Adibe, O. O., Tracy, E. T., Kreissman, S. G., & Routh, J. C. (2015). Use

Described below is a critical appraisal of a qualitative article by Lisa Booth using the frame-work suggested by Ryan, Coughlan and Cronin 2007 to establish its believability, robustness, credibility and integrity (Ryan, Coughlan & Cronin, 2007).

Literature ranged in publication date from 1997 to 2010. This extends beyond the recommended timeframe of five years. Articles that were older than five years were noted to be qualitative and according to Burns & Grove (2011) this is an appropriate exception to the recommended timeframe. The literature effectively identified the gaps in knowledge that provided a basis for the study.

Everyone possess critical thinking skills but when it comes to criticize a journal article it can be difficult for the first time, one of the best ways to develop critical thinking and reading skills is to use some strategies when reading and evaluating a research study (Wood & Haber,1998). The following essay it is going to focus in a critique of a qualitative journal article by giving its strengths and weakness, critical appraisal it is going to be done with support from different references and frameworks relevant to a qualitative study.

OVERVIEW: This is Part 1 of a two-part assignment designed to guide you through the steps of critically reviewing a published, evidence-based, scholarly journal article. This is an activity in which students engage frequently across their college careers in the completion of a variety of assignments. The article you review will be selected from the classroom Resources folder.

To assess how comprehensive and balanced the literature review is, a literature search can be done by the reader to ensure the breadth of the literature cited and that, in instances where there are conflicting opinions, that they are represented. It is clearly tempting for authors to supply only background literature that supports their own premise or research findings. From the literature reviewed and thus the background information provided, a rationale for the current work should evolve, justifying the need for the current work, for instance, to explore an uninvestigated gap in the literature.14 The purpose or aim of the study and the research hypothesis, if provided, should be defined so that the research problem can be clearly identified. The research objectives by which the aim will be achieved are also commonly stated in the introduction.

The process of critiquing a qualitative and quantitative article has enabled us, as a group, to further understand the importance of knowing how to find, recognize, and understand reliable evidence within a research article. Furthermore, this learning has given us the confidence to integrate current research into our growing clinical knowledge when advocating for our

In this paper I will analyze two articles, one is quantitative and the other is qualitative. I will describe the quantitative methods used including the research question addressed, the hypothesis, and variables. I will identify the population and sample. I will discuss the reliability and validity of the instruments used. I will then discuss the design of the article and how the findings were analyzed. For the qualitative article, I will identify the design of the article, the methods used and the strategies used for analyzing the data. Lastly, I will look at the implications for practice in the qualitative article, discuss other journals that might be interested in publishing the article and discuss how this article might

Using established guidelines, critique the data collection, analysis, and implications of a published quantitative study.

Two hours were spent Saturday evening (Hybrid Research Day) reading, writing, reviewing, and adding citations to the final research paper. Since it was Jackson State University Homecoming week, I attended many of the festivities on campus, such as the Founder’s Day Program, and the parade. Additionally, on Saturday afternoon, I attended the football game, which was held at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. Typically, I used the hybrid research morning to complete assignments; but because of homecoming, I decided to utilize the evening. Nevertheless, I will continue my efforts this week completing the paper. I have thoroughly enjoyed the process as well as the topic. Although I was acquainted with the topic, there was an enormous amount of

Easterby-Smith, M., Thorpe, R. & Jackson, P. (2008) Management research. 4th Edition. London: SAGE Publications (Accessed: 17 October, 2014).

APA (American Psychological Association) Style writing is widely used across all fields of study and is regularly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This paper details the basic structure of an APA paper, provides resources and tips to assist authors during the writing process. As stated by the Publication Manual of the APA, an abstract is “a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the article; it allows readers to survey the contents of an article quickly and, like a title, it enables persons interested in the document to retrieve it from abstracting and indexing databases” (2010, p. 25). Applying and understanding the method of APA

The authors’ justification of the need for the study, including the degree to which the authors synthesized and critically analyzed existing research to show that this study is the next logical step in the line of research.