Understanding research Flashcards
What are the 3 parts to the evidence based practical model
- Clinical evidence
- Best research evidence
- Patient values and preferences
Clinical evidence
Develops over time with experience
Best research evidence
Requires an in-depth understanding of scientific literature
Patient values and preferences
Requires knowledge of the person/people you are working with, effective communication and overall soft skills
Research definition
Is a process of careful and systematic inquiry = answering a question/solving a problem
Systematic process of research
- Defining the problem
- Presenting the rationale
- Gathering data
- Interpreting results
- Analysing data
Primary research definition
You do the experiment and collect the unique data
Primary research example
Original research
Secondary research definition
You collate the data that other people have collected and summaries it
Secondary research example
Literature review/synthesis
Quantitative
- Is the process of collecting and analysing NUMERICAL data
- Used to find patterns, averages, make predictions, test relationships, and generalise results to wider population.
Qualitative
Involves collecting and analysing NON-NUMERICAL data to gather in depth insights to a problem or generate latest ideas
Qualitative methods
- Unstructured
- Summary
- Subjective conclusions
- Interviews
- Focus groups
- Observations
Quantitative methods
- Structured
- Statistical analysis
- Objective conclusions
- Surveys
- Experiments
Anecdote
Using personal experience or an isolated example instead of valid argument, especially to dismiss statistics
Appeal to authority
Using the opinion or position of authority figure or institution or authority in place of an actual argument
Bandwagon
Appealing to the popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation
Burden of proof
Saying that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim but with someone else to disprove
Ad hominem
Attacking the character or personal traits of an individual rather than the argument that is being made
Strawman
Misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to discredit
Burden of proof
To have the burden of proof is to be rationally required to produce evidence for your assertion claims
Peer review process
Acts as quality control to ensure that research papers are of the highest quality when being submitted
