Research25

Question 1

What are the elements of a research article?

Answer 1

title, abstract, body (introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusions, and reference sections)

Question 2

What are the guidelines for discussing published research?

Answer 2

1 discuss the study in the past tense, 2 clearly distinguish between your own opinions and those of the authors, 3 qualify generations so they are not erroneously attributed, 4 justify each position with evidence from the study

Question 3

What are the two perspectives from which original research should be evaluated?

Answer 3

trustworthiness an utility

Question 4

What do review articles provide?

Answer 4

a time-efficient way of remaining up-to-date in areas of importance to their practice

Question 5

What is the generic evaluation of review articles?

Answer 5

1 assess the clarity of the review question, 2 evaluate the article identification and selection strategies, 3 determine how the authors assess validity of the studies, 4 evaluate the results, 5 evaluate personal utility