Ensuring the trustworthiness of quantitative research through critique

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The many research publications now written by practitioners is evidence that nursing practice is increasingly using knowledge based on research. There is a need, therefore, for nurses to acquire the skills of critiquing and evaluating research to help them assess its suitability for applying it in their own practice. This paper explains what is meant by research that is trustworthy; what a research critic does; the characteristics of a research critique, and the skills required of a critic. A model for the steps involved in undertaking a critique is provided, together with a checklist for critique in quantitative research. [NTResearch 1996; 1: 2, 135-141]

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