write a 2-3 page (that means a minimum of 2 full pages and no longer than 3 full pages) paper (in APA format)

Instruction read carefully

here are essentially three types of peer-reviewed journal articles:

1. A study (can be  qualitative  or  quantitative, and primary or secondary )- where the authors of the article actually carried out a study with a stated methodology, collected data, and analyzed the data to reach a conclusion about a specific study question

2. A literature review- where the authors of the article search the existing journal articles and studies about a specific topic and write a comprehensive review about the topic- but do not actually carry out a study and/or collect data

3. A meta-analysis- where the authors of the article combine the results of several high-quality articles that used similar methods to collect and analyze data into one summary statistic- starts with a literature review, but goes a step further by doing data analysis of the data and outcomes from other studies 

In past semesters, students have stated that they sometimes don't feel truly comfortable with the differences between these three types of articles. They all have different formats, purposes, and types of information, so it's important that we can establish the core differences early in the semester so you know what to look for moving forward. In chapter 22, you will learn about numbers 2 and 3 (for more information, you can check out this article:  Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses (Links to an external site.) ).

For this assignment, you must write a 2-3 page (that means a minimum of 2 full pages and no longer than 3 full pages) paper (in APA format) with the following:

1. Pick ONE broad topic within healthcare (examples: cancer, Medicare, anxiety, pregnancy, health information technology, nutrition, physical therapy, etc.).

2. Find ONE peer-reviewed article in EACH of the above three article types about your topic (so three articles total- one study article, one literature review article, one meta analysis article).

3. For each article, describe the following:

· Purpose of the article

· Format of the article (i.e. length, subheadings, etc.)

· What did you learn about your topic from this kind of article?

4. Finally, address the following:

· Which article seems the most informative about your topic overall?

· Which article was easiest to read? Which was the most difficult?

How will you know which article is which type? Studies usually have specific sections for methodology (i.e. where they explain what they did in detail) and data collection/analysis. Literature review articles usually do not have a methodology or, if they do, their methodology consists only of the guidelines they followed to find the articles they used. Meta analysis articles do have methodology and data analysis sections, but they describe which existing articles they used (kind of like a literature review). An even better indicator: most literature review and meta analysis articles will have the terms "literature review" or "meta-analysis" somewhere in the title or abstract- read carefully!