Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
June 24, 2013 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
I am delighted to welcome regular contributor, Andrea Lythgoe back to Science & Sensibility. In this third series on Understanding Research, we will take a basic look at methodologies that are used in research. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches will be explored, with discussion
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November 22, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
In this, my last article for the Becoming a Critical Reader series, I want to discuss a few types of articles that are frequently found in journals, but are not studies. These can provide important information, and are not by any means worthless, but they are not what we traditionally think of as
November 13, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Systemic reviews are generally considered to be at the top of the evidence pyramid, providing one of the best sources of information. But just like any other type of research, a systemic review is only as good as the work and data that goes into it. A systemic review carefully looks at all of the
July 06, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
A literature review is one persons attempt to summarize what the literature says about any given topic. Many pieces of original research will have a mini-literature review as a part of the study to help place that study in context, but many times you will come across a literature review published
May 16, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Qualitative research generally describes and sometimes explains. It doesnt try to prove anything. Because qualitative research is more interested in depth, the sample sizes tend to be much smaller. Once youve determined that what you have here is an original piece of quantitative research and you
May 12, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Quantitative research seeks to prove something through experimentation and statistics. Once youve determined that what you have here is an original piece of quantitative research and youve already considered the basic questions here, youre ready for the specific questions
May 05, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
When most people think of reading research, they think of reading an original research study. And there are plenty of those published in journals all the time. Original research generally falls into two main categories: quantitative research and qualititative research. Its really too bad the terms
April 17, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Since it has been a while since weve had any articles in this series, you may want to refresh your memory by rereading the first and second installments in the Becoming a Critical Reader series. I promise it wont be so long of a gap before the rest of them! OK, having reviewed and identified yo
February 16, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Pretty much everyone would agree that there is bias in research. Most people would say that bias is inherently bad. While it absolutely can be a bad thing, it cant be completely eliminated. So what can be done about bias in research? There are many kinds of bias: Researcher bias: researcher sets
February 15, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Weve finished our series on finding research articles, the next series will focus on how to critically read articles in order to evaluate them. I think we all know there is good research and bad research, so now well explore how to tell the difference. Youve found an article that looks promising
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