Critique a quantitative research article. Selected article is
The impact of alcohol use during pregnancy on maternal responses after birth
Use the guidelines in the Polit and Beck text to set a benchmark to critique the quantitative
research study. Cite the benchmark source for each area of the critique and describe how the
study authors met or did not meet the benchmark criteria listed below.
Assignment Criteria:
Develop a scholarly paper that addresses the following criteria:
Identify an area of clinical interest.
Locate a minimum of one peer-reviewed journal article (no older than 5 years) related to your
clinical topic of interest. Do not use a meta-analysis or systematic review.
Critique the journal article, fully answering the questions in the table below.
The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, 4 to 5 pages excluding the title and reference
page.
Include an introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.
Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper.
Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ‘I’) and in a scholarly
manner. To clarify: I, we, you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the
researcher or the author should not be used.
Include a minimum of one professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support
the paper and a second benchmark peer reviewed source (may be textbook or other journal
article) and be less than five (5) years old.
Introduction
Research Problems
What is the research problem?
Does the problem build a persuasive argument for the new study?
Is the problem statement easy to locate?
Research Questions and Hypotheses
What are the research questions and hypothesis?
Do the hypothesis state a predicted relationship between two or more variables?
Methods
Ethical Aspects of a Study
Was the study approved and monitored by an Institutional Review Board, Research Ethics Board
or similar committee?
Were appropriate informed consent procedures used with all participants?
Research Design
Was the design experimental, quasi-experimental, or non-experimental?
Was the study longitudinal or cross-sectional? What are the threats to the studies internal
validity?
Sampling
What type of sampling design was used?
Are possible sample biases or weaknesses identified?
Data Collection
What methods of data collection were utilized (Self-reports, Scales, Observation, and Rating
Scales)? If self-report methods were used, did the researchers make good decisions about
specific methods (in-person interviews, mailed questionnaires, etc.)?
If observational methods were used, did the report adequately describe what the observations
entailed?
Results
Statistical Analysis
Identify the type of analyses undertaken to address each research question or test each
hypothesis.
Were appropriate statistical methods used, given the level of measurement of the variables,
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number of groups being compared, and so on?
Results
How are important results presented?
Do the authors make causal or correlational inferences? Are the inferences justified based on the
study design and the results?
Discussion
Findings
What limitations do the authors discuss? What other limitations that may affect internal validity
do you find in the study?
Are the findings the authors present directly related to the results from the data in the study?
Clinical Practice
Did the researchers discuss the study’s implications for clinical practice or future research and if
so, were the implications grounded in the study evidence, and in evidence from earlier research?
Summarize the overall quality of the critiqued paper according to the benchmark quality sources
cited