Evidance Based Practice Flashcards
What’s research
A process of careful and systematic inquiry = answering a question/problem
Whats a Hypothesis
An explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for futher investigation
Rationale
A set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or belief
the systematic process
- defining the problem/ research question
- building a rationale
- forming a hypothesis
- gathering data/ data collection
- analysing the data + interpretation
- interpreting the results
Primary research - original research
You do the experiment and collect unique data
Secondary research - literature review/ synthesis
You collect info/data that other people have collected and summarise
NOT considered a scientific enquiry
- most google sites & blogs
- Tenacity
- Intuition
- Authority
- Rationalistic methods
- Empirical
Is scientific enquiry
Academic resources
Quantitative research
collecting and analysing numerical data - patterns, averages, test casual relationships, generalise to wider populations
Qualitative
Non-numerical data, to understand concepts, opinions, experiences, generate new ideas
Burden of proof
to be rationally required to produce evidence for your assertion claims.
- provide evidence for ur claim
What are academic sources
- Public health websites
- Textbooks
- Government White Papers
- Journals
Types of secondary research
- Literature review
- Narrative review
- Systematic review
- Meta-synthesis
- Meta-analysis
- Position Statement
How to find academic articles
- Search engines
- Google scholar overview
- Use of keywords
- Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT)
Acedemic offences
- Plagiarism
- Self Plagiarism
- Collusion
- Borrowing/stealing
- Commission/ Contract cheating/ Essay bank
- Proof readers
why do we paraphrase
- Demonstrates understanding
- Provides clarification
- Improves writing skills
Citations
- Reference list
- Bibliography
- Annotated bibliography
