M4: Lesson 13 – Discussion
Create an original posting with a minimum of 250-300 words.
Please respond to one (1) of your classmates with a minimum of 100 words.
Back up your arguments with reliable evidence.
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Data Collection, Measurements, and Analysis
Instructions:
Please
find a randomized trial you would like to use for the article critique
assignment. Make sure it is from a nursing journal and is not older than
five years.
Read the “The Three-Minute Appraisal of a Randomized Trial” article. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087219/
Evaluate the following:
What are the key criteria for evaluating an RTC?
Are the results of the trial valid? Were the subjects randomized?
What
about the experimental and control group? How were they allocated?
Did they look like each other? What about the variables? Did the group look the same?
What were the results of the trial? How were the results of the trial being measured? What statistical measures were used? Were the results significant? Was the hypothesis accepted or rejected by the authors?
Are the results applicable to clinical practice? Are the results feasible?