As
you are gathering research for your topics you need to consider the quality of
that research and how it applies to the question you are trying to find an
answer to. Your question may relate to an assignment, dissertation, guidance
development or patient care.
To
help you to appraise research you can use the CASP website.
This is the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
Here
you will find resources to help you to develop your critical appraisal skills.
There
is a section which explains the steps you need to go through as you are
carrying out your research – Find,
Appraise, Act
- Randomised Controlled Trials
- Systematic Reviews
- Cohort Studies
- Case-Control Studies
- Qualitative Studies
- Economic Evaluations
- Diagnostic Studies
These
give you a number of questions that you need to ask yourself about the articles
that you are finding. Determining whether you can identify the answers to these
questions will help you to decide whether the research being described is of
good quality, reporting valid results and applicable to your research topic.
You
will find more help on our Evaluate
the Information page as well as more links to critical appraisal
resources in our Online
Guides section.
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