Critiquing previous research

 What Is a Critiquing research? 

Critiquing research is "an analysis of a research undertaking that focuses on its strengths and limitations". Critiquing research is also considered as "a systematic process for evaluating research studies and the results reported".

 The objectives of  Critiquing research 

 Research Critique aims to determine whether the findings are usable for the research area and can benefit other researchers.

 What is the need to conduct Research Critique? 

Research Critique is of great importance in the sense that not all of the research that are published can be considered valid, and that the obtained results in these researches can obtain bias inflammation which jeopardize the validity of the results of the research. 

 What are the aspects of a research Critique 

Research Critique have four main aspects as the following:

• Understand purpose and problem, while assessing whether design and methodology are in line with the purpose of the research.
• Decide on whether the methodology is applied correctly.
• Assess whether the findings and conclusions are reasonable and supported by the findings.
• Consider the overall quality, strengths, and limitations.

 The process of Critique 

For a research Critique to be effective, you should consider the following:

1. Read the entire article or research report to learn about the study and its contribution to knowledge development.
2. Read the article or report again, paying attention to the appropriate questions for each stage of the cash process.

 The main Elements in the Research Critique 

• The required elements in a Critique are thought to be a set of questions that needs to be addressed when critiquing research.
• The questions that have just been discussed are designed in order to critique quantitative research. While the Critique of qualitative research needs additional focus.
• Qualitative researchers study issues and phenomena in their natural environments, trying to understand or explain phenomena in relation to the concept that other bring to them.

 Critiquing research title 

Critiquing research title: The title is a research entrance, and you can critiquing research title in case it does not reflect the subject of the study.

 Critiquing methodology Research and Materials 

Like the recipe, describing the materials will allow others to repeat the study elsewhere if necessary. It should contain both the specifications specified for the selection criteria, their size, response rate and related statistics. This will show how the study is able to satisfy its objectives.

The following are the main considerations in this regard:

• What kind of sampling technique and size was used?
• What percentage of the eligible sample participated?
• Were all eligible groups participated in the research?

• What are the strengths?
• What are the weaknesses?
• Were the reliability and validity of the study threatened?
• How was the reliability and validity controlled?
• Were there any apparent biases?
• If an experiment was conducted, was it randomized, controlled?

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 Critiquing methodology of the Research 

Critiquing methodology of the research involve the following:

• Critique quantitative methodologies.
• Critique qualitative methodologies
• Identify whether there is a rationale for mixed methods?
• Is the discussion provide an integration of the types of data and show how they support the findings?

 Critiquing results of a Study 

Critiquing results: Are the results that the researcher reached the results are logical, and did he add something in his research to science, and proved the validity of the theory or denied?

Results should be analyzed statistically and presented in a manner that all readers can understands it. In addition to that, the presentation of data using figures and tables should be clear and easily understood.

The following should be considered:

• The Critique of results should indicate that there is no bias in the presented results

• The Critique should indicate that percentages in the sample size to avoid showing the sample due to its small size

 Academic critiquing for Research 

Academic critiquing 

Academic critiquing is linked to the evaluation and examination of other studies. The professionalism in academic critiquing of investigating the study really depends on the reader's skills. Academic critiquing is simply an attempt by the reader to understand the scientific contribution of a study.

Academic critiquing of research has rules and regulations that enable the ability to master the academic critiquing of any scientific paper or study in a scientific and orderly manner.

The academic critiquing is similar to re-conceiving the study subjected to scrutiny and seeking to know the bases of  academic critiquing of research.

Conclusion

we see that the Critique of scientific messages needs to be neutral, and to see the subject of the research in full, and Critique of each part of it, as it should be aware that criticism has a positive and negative side, and not only one of them.

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