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Quantitative Appraisal and Synopsis Instructions and Grading Rubric

For this activity, you will appraise and summarize a quantitative study to determine its potential usefulness to inform nursing practice. As part of this analysis, you need to determine the rigor of the investigation and appraise credibility. You can do this by answering some key questions about the integrity with which they collected and analyzed data and employed techniques to reduce bias.

1. Choose one of the four articles you found for the PICO Question and Literature Search assignment or a different altogether. The article must be from a nursing journal.

2. Research the importance of the topic and write an introduction that includes these main points:

· Relevant background information from a credible source to explain the importance of your topic

· A purpose statement (“The purpose of this paper is…”).

3. Write a study synopsis that includes these main points:

· research design and setting

· sample: sampling method; number of subjects; inclusion/exclusion criteria; attrition, loss to follow up, or response rate (if any); and important characteristics of the sample

· how the study was conducted (explain how the data was collected—including measurement instruments--and, if the study involves an intervention, how the intervention was carried out)

4. Appraise the article in narrative format by answering the following questions.

· What is known and not known about the topic? What gap in knowledge does this study address?

· Was the sampling method appropriate for this study? Why or why not?

· If inclusion and exclusion criteria were noted in the report, did the criteria control for extraneous variables? Why or why not?

· Were the measurement instruments reliable and valid? Why or why not?

· If the study was experimental, was the intervention performed consistently? Why or why not?

· Were the conclusions of the study supported by the results? Why or why not?

· Were study limitations identified and explained? If so, was the explanation sufficient? Why or why not?

5. Write a conclusion that states the nursing implications based on the findings of the study, taking statistical significance into account. (DO NOT just list the implications to nursing from the article; provide your own analysis.)

6. Submit your article in pdf format and your appraisal and synopsis in Word format.

Grading Criterion	Points	Mastery = 4	Proficient = 3	Developing = 2	Beginning = 1 or 0 at instructors’ discretion
Introduction: Resources Used		Solicited significant, relevant material beyond information in the article	Solicited material beyond information in the article, but had minimal relevancy		Used only information from the article
Introduction: Importance of Topic		Importance of topic is clearly and logically presented	Importance of topic is mostly clearly and logically presented	Importance of topic is somewhat clearly and logically presented	Importance of topic not clearly and logically presented
Synopsis: design and setting		Is completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is mostly completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is somewhat completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is not completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained
Synopsis: sample		Is completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is mostly completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is somewhat completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is not completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained
Synopsis: how study was done		Is completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is mostly completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is somewhat completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is not completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained
Appraisal: known, not known, gap in knowledge		Is completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is mostly completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is somewhat completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is not completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained
Appraisal: sampling and inclusion, exclusion criteria		Is completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is mostly completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is somewhat completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is not completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained
Appraisal: measurement and intervention		Is completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is mostly completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is somewhat completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is not completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained
Appraisal: conclusions		Is completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is mostly completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is somewhat completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is not completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained
Appraisal: limitations		Is completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is mostly completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is somewhat completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is not completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained
Conclusion: Nursing implications		Is completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is mostly completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is somewhat completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained	Is not completely, accurately, succinctly, and clearly explained
Grading Criterion	Points	Mastery = 4	Proficient = 3	Developing = 2	Beginning = 1 or 0 at instructors’ discretion
Grammar, Mechanics and Usage		Uses correct grammar and punctuation Appropriate sentence structure that enhances reader understanding	Mostly uses correct grammar and punctuation Some inappropriate sentence structure that obscures minor points	Sometimes uses correct grammar and punctuation Some inappropriate sentence structure that obscures important points	Many instances of incorrect grammar and punctuation Sentence structure unnecessarily convoluted and consistently obscures meaning
APA		0 to 1 unique APA errors	2 to 3 unique APA errors	3 to 4 unique APA errors	5 (1 pt) or 6 or more (0 pts) unique APA errors
Plagiarism Check		<20% matching for TurnItIn *AND* no improper paraphrasing, per instructor’s analysis			More than 20% matching for TurnItIn OR improper paraphrasing, per instructor’s analysis (0 pts)
	Total points /14 = X.XX = conversion to 100 point system