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What each research-appraisal question is really asking, how to structure the answer, and where the marks are likely to sit.
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DQ 1 : Explain why research articles that fail to meet these criteria cannot be used to provide evidence for the DPI Project.
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Two justifications per article, not one: that it is primary research, and that it supports your practice problem. The first is the one most posts assume rather than argue.
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EBP Identification of Clinical Questions Discussion
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A preparation task with two easily missed instructions: discarding sources is part of the work, and a theory with no assignable evidence level is not thereby a weak theory.
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DQ 2 : Select a research article, other than the articles from your assignments, from the GCU library, Provide an overview of the study and describe the strategy that was used to select the sample from the population.
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Effectiveness is relative to the study's own aim. A convenience sample is appropriate for a feasibility study and fatal for a prevalence estimate, and the judgement turns on which one you are holding.