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Research Overview and Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Process

STEPS OF THE EBP PROCESS

  • Ask a clinically meaningful question

  • Collect the evidence

  • Critically appraise the evidence

  • Synthesize the evidence

  • Integrate evidence with clinical expertise, patient value and preferences, and clinical setting

  • Make a decision and implement

  • Evaluate outcomes

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

  • Methods

    • Quantitative vs Qualitative

  • Purpose of the study

    • Identification

    • Description

    • Exploration

    • Prediction and Control

    • Explanation

    • Note: These are the core purposes used to classify research aims; they guide study design, data collection, and analysis.

TEENAGE TEST-TAKING ANXIETY

  • Context from transcript: Teenage test-taking anxiety is the focus of the research overview (pages 4-6).

  • Research questions:

    • Does participation in a 6-week long behavioral intervention affect teenagers' test-taking anxiety?

    • What is the lived experience of taking the SAT for teenagers with test-taking anxiety?

  • Observations:

    • The first question suggests a quantitative, intervention-based study to measure anxiety changes.

    • The second question suggests a qualitative, experiential inquiry into personal SAT experiences.

RESEARCH OVERVIEW: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

  • Experimental

  • Quasi-experimental

  • Nonexperimental

RESEARCH OVERVIEW: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

  • Phenomenology

  • Ethnography

  • Grounded theory