Purdue University Nursing 223 Evidence
Based Practice Ch 4 Questions With
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"blind" - reviewers are not told researchers' names and authors
are not told reviewers' name
IMRAD format - Content of Research Journal Articles
Introduction
method
results
and discussion
abstract - brief description of the study placed at the beginning
of the article
the introduction - introduces the reader to the research problem
and context
descries the following: central phenomena, concepts and
variables, the study purpose and research question/hypothesis, a
review of the related literature, theoretical or conceptual
framework, significance of the and need for the study
methods section - in a quant. study it describes: the research
design, sampling plan, methods of measuring variables and
collecting data, study procedures, including procedures to
protect human rights
