Reading Research Literature – Week 5
Title: RRL
Name: [replace this text with your name]
The following questions pertain to:
Velayutham, S. G., Chandra, S. R., Bharath, S., & Shankar, R. G. (2017). Quantitative balance and gait measurement in patients with frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer diseases: A pilot study. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 39(2), 176-182. doi:10.4103/0253-7176.203132
- What is the purpose of this research?
- What is the research question (or questions)? This may be implicit or explicit.
- Give a complete description of the research design of this study.
- What is the population (sample) for this study?
- Was the sample approach adequate for the research design that was selected and explain why.
- Describe the data collection procedure.
- How were the data analyzed after collection?
- Discuss the limitations found in the study.
- Discuss the authors’ conclusions. Do you feel these conclusions are based on the data that they collected?
- How does this advance knowledge in the field?
The following questions pertain to:
Pals, R. S., Hansen, U. M., Johansen, C. B., Hansen, C. S., Jørgensen, M. E., Fleischer, J., & Willaing, I. (2015). Making sense of a new technology in clinical practice: a qualitative study of patient and physician perspectives. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 1-10. doi:10.1186/s12913-015-1071-1
- What is the purpose of this research?
- What is the research question (or questions)? This may be implicit or explicit.
- Give a complete description of the research design of this study.
- What is the population (sample) for this study?
- Was the sample approach adequate for the research design that was selected and explain why.
- Describe the data collection procedure.
- How were the data analyzed?
- Discuss the limitations found in the study?
- Discuss the authors’ conclusions. Do you feel these conclusions are based on the data that they collected?
- How does this advance knowledge in the field.
