Which of the following should a reader of a research article be able to do, in order to decide whether the article's statistics are correctly selected and applied? (Select all that apply.)
a. Understand the discussion section of the article.
b. Make a judgment as to whether the author's interpretations of the data are correct.
c. Make some judgment about whether the statistical procedures used were the correct ones for the level of measurement used for the study variables.
d. Make some judgment about whether the statistical procedures used were the correct ones for the research question.
e. Agree with the study's stated limitations.
f. Find the names of the statistical procedures the author used.
ANS: A, B, C, D, F
To critically appraise the results section of a quantitative study, the reader needs to be able to (1) identify the statistical procedures used, (2) judge whether these statistical procedures were appropriate for the hypotheses, questions, or objectives of the study and for the data available for analysis, (3) comprehend the discussion of data analysis results, (4) judge whether the author's interpretation of the results is appropriate, and (5) evaluate the clinical importance of the findings.
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