Quality of Research

Quality of Research

Quality of Research

ORDER NOW FOR CUSTOMIZED AND ORIGINAL ESSAY PAPERS 

When evaluating the quality of research, I need to know that the authenticity of the study, the goal of the study and the objectives. Quality research contains such elements as variables, associations, sampling, random selection, random assignment, and blinding (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). Additionally, quality research serves to answer a specific question with regard to therapy, etiology, diagnosis, prevention, prognosis, meaning, quality improvement, or cost. There are seven levels of evidence based on the methodological quality of each studies design, validity, and applicability to patient care. These are: Quality of Research

“ Level I: Evidence from a systematic review or meta-analysis of all relevant RCTs (randomized controlled trial) .

Level II: Evidence obtained from at least one well-designed RCT.

Level III: Evidence obtained from well-designed controlled trials without randomization

Level IV: Evidence from well-designed case-control or cohort studies.

Level V: Evidence from systematic reviews of descriptive and qualitative studies.

Level VI: Evidence from a single descriptive or qualitative study.

Level VII: Evidence from the opinion of authorities and/or reports of expert committees.” (Winona State University, n.d.)

The purpose of the study, the elements, and the levels of evidence provide the information pertinent to evaluatiing and ultimately resolving issues within health care.

Kendra

References

The Office of Research Integrity. (2014). Module 3: Elements of Research. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Office of Research Integrity. Retrieved from https://ori.hhs.gov/module-3-elements-research

Winona State University. (n.d.) Levels of Evidence. Retrieved from https://libguides.winona.edu/ebptoolkit/Levels-Evi…

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.