Class 9

Abstract

A concise summary of a research article that highlights the purpose, methods, results and conclusions

Helps readers quickly dtermine relevance

Assumptions

Belfies or standards accepted as true without proof

Clinical guidelines

Systematicaly developed recommendations based on evidence to guide healthcare professionals in patient care

Critical appraisal

Structured process of evaluating the quality, validity, relevance and applicability of research evidence 

Critical reading

Active process of anlyzing, interpreting, and evluating a text to assess ots credobility, accuracy and significance 

Critique 

Detailed evaluation of a research study or literature review identifying strengths, weaknesses, gaps or contributions to knowledge

Critiquing criteria

Standards or questions used to assess rigor, completemness, and validity of a literature review or study

Literature review

Systamatic synthesis of existing research and theory on a topic to identify what is known, unknown and where gaps exist

Integrative review

Review that combines both qualitative and quantitative research tomprovide a broad understanding and identify patterns or gaps 

Meta analysis

Statistical method that combines resukts from multiple sudies to produce a single summary estimate of effect size 

Primary sources

Original research reports, articles or data created by researchers who conducted the study

Reilability 

consistency or repeatability of research results or measurements tools across time, observers or instruments

Secondary sources

Summaries, syntheses or analyses of primary research

Literature reviewsm meta analysism textbooks

Scoping review

Broad review of existing literature to identify key concepts, research gaps and trends

often used for emerging or complex topics 

Systematic review 

Rigorous, transparent review that identifies, evaluates and synthesizes all relevant studies on a topic using explicit, reproducable methods