research articles
Assessment Criteria, Literature Review
Assessed Criteria Items
Points
Synthesize a minimum of 16 research articles and address each of the highlighted topics below. Any area not covered sufficiently should be explained in the paper and preapproved by faculty as points will be deducted for any missing area. You should have a Level 2 heading for each bolded component listed below with appropriate content.
Presentation of the Literature (230)
Introduce the topic of inquiry, description of the problem, and its relevancy to nursing and the population of the proposed study. Do not use Introduction as a heading.
10
Organization of the Review – Describe how you have organized your paper and the outline the scope/boundary of your study. Tell what you are going to tell! Basically, describe the flow of the paper according to the major headings.
10
Definitions of the key terms pertinent to the topic which reflect current language and gives a reference for each.
10
Describes the Literature Sources, Study Types, Authors, Search Strategies included in the review. Describe search strategies, databases, key words/terms/phrases and engines.
10
Propose the quantitative Research Question and Variables (e.g., perhaps one of the studies suggested your study question) around which the review is focused. Present each of the independent and dependent Variables (as applicable) by its type. Describe each variable and how it generally interacts and the combined relationship around which the review is focused; describe other variable types as applicable i.e. confounding, etc.
30
Summarize the various Research Designs and Theoretical Frameworks (methodology, e.g., concept analysis) of the studies included in your literature review.
20
Summarize the Data Collection Instruments/tools used in the studies and how (the method used) data was collected.
20
Summarize the representative Population, Sample Participants, Risk, studied, how (methodology) they were selected, protected, and Informed Consent obtained. Address participant inclusion and exclusion criteria, IRB level of review, and informed consent.
25
Summarize the Statistical Analyses used to run the data to answer the question.
25
Summarize Study Results Related to the Problem, Question, and/or Variables, e.g., an organizing theoretical framework or model used in the studies.
10
Now present the key findings of the studies and compare them, e.g. one study found this and another found that related to the same variable. Present Other Considerations Related to the Proposed Study, and any Areas for Further Research as well. Use Level 2headings for your variables and/or topic, problem, and Level 3 headings for your subtopics, subproblems, or sub-concepts.
30
Present a Summary of the key points from the studies which frame the current status of the problem and variables. Last, summarize the attributes from the studies you will use in your proposed study, e.g. declare the:
Design appropriate for the proposed study.
Population and sample appropriate for the proposed study.
Data collection tool appropriate to the proposed study.
Statistics appropriate to the proposed study.
Theory, concept, or model appropriate to the proposed study.
