Qualitative Critique Assignment
Critique the research study by the following:
Hines, S., Ramsbotham, J., & Coyer, F. (2022). Registered nurses’ experiences of reading and using research for work and education: A qualitative research study. BMC Nursing, 21(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00877-3
Find the assigned article under the appropriate module assignment section. Follow current APA formatting standards, include a title page, reference page. Using the headings Part I, Part II and Part III, answer the below questions in detail. Support each question response with a minimum of two references (the assigned article, plus your E-book and/ or other scholarly, peer-reviewed references – from 2020 until the present). The E-Book/book is Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2022). Essentials of nursing research: Appraising evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. Make sure to cite all references with appropriate in-text APA citations and corresponding reference page citations.
Part I
Within which tradition was this study based?
What was the central phenomenon under study?
What was the setting for this research?
Did the report indicate or suggest that constant comparison was used?
Was a core variable or basic social process identified? If yes, what was it?
Did the researchers use methods that were congruent with the chosen qualitative research tradition?
Did this study have an ideological perspective? If so, which one?
Part II
What were the eligibility criteria for this study?
How were study participants recruited?
What type of sampling approach was used?
How many study participants comprised the sample?
Was data saturation achieved?
Did the sampling strategy include confirming and disconfirming cases?
Was sample characteristic described? If yes, what were those characteristics?
What specific types of qualitative self-reports methods were used?
Were examples of interview questions included in the report?
Did the report provide information about how long interviews took on average?
How were the self-report data recorded?
Did this study collect any data through observation? If no, could observation have been used? If yes, what concepts were captured through observation?
Part III
(Choose three of the following questions to answer.)
How well is the research design described in the report? Were design decisions explained and justified?
Does it appear that the researchers made all the design decisions up front, or did the design emerge during data collection, allowing them to capitalize on early information?
Were there any elements of the design or methods that appear to be more appropriate for a qualitative tradition other than the one the researchers identified as the underlying tradition?
Comment on the adequacy of the researchers’ sampling plan and recruitment strategy for achieving the goals of a grounded theory study.
Do you think the sample size in this study was adequate? Why or why not?
Consider what the researchers might have done if they had also collected observational data. How might observational data have enriched the study?
How could nurses apply the information from this study in practice?
References to use:
Hines, S., Ramsbotham, J., & Coyer, F. (2022). Registered nurses’ experiences of reading and using research for work and education: A qualitative research study. BMC Nursing, 21(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00877-3
Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2022). Essentials of nursing research: Appraising evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. – Chapters 11, 15, and 16