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The purpose of this assignment is to critically appraise all components of a research study using a different methodology.

Choose a qualitative research article (it is highly recommended to contact your course faculty to ensure you have a research article that is qualitative) from a peer-reviewed journal published within the last 5 years. The research article should be on the topic selected for your EBP/EBM presentation but not a previously reviewed article used to complete weeks 1-3 assignments.
Use primary sources only. Do not use abstracts, opinion pieces, or articles summarizing other researcher's work (secondary source). This means you will not use articles such as descriptive studies, literature reviews, meta-analysis or meta syntheses.
Do not choose a "mixed-method" design. The worksheets are not designed for this type of study.
Do not use articles that describe quality of management improvement studies, you want research based references.
Submit the assignment (as a Word document), a PDF copy of the research article being critiqued Sunday of Week 4, by 2359. Assignment will not be graded unless a PDF version of the article is submitted with the assignment. Late penalty will be applied until all pieces of the assignment are submitted.

All answers should be formulated into sentences/paragraph, this is to be a paper. The body of the paper must be 5-7 typed pages . A name page and reference page must be included. Give each section a level 1 or level 2 heading as indicated.
Avoid using first person when composing the critique.
Support your work in the critique with in-text citations from your textbooks. You must use Forister and Blessing textbook to support your thoughts
The article critique guide can be found in the textbook Reading Research by Davies and Logan. (Qualitative Research Companion Worksheet pp. 56-60). Also refer to Chapter 2 when answering the questions in the Davies book.
Every question is worth one point so be sure to answer each question. Acknowledge the question even if it is not addressed in the article this includes questions based around the title and abstract. The answers should reflect your critical analysis of the article and include a short rationale for your answers when appropriate. Use the textbook to support your answers. Refer to rubric for grading criteria.
Citations: When quoting information directly (word for word) from the article or reporting statistical results, in-text citations with a page number are required. It is appropriate to support your critique with in-text citations from your textbooks.
Compose your critique based upon the Davies worksheet questions.
Be sure to address each question starting with the Article Title and Authors. Then answer the three questions under "Title" followed by the question under "Abstract." Then start with the Introduction question and work through each section, be sure to fully answer each question under each section. If not, you will not be successful in this assignment.