What is the most accurate statement related to a study's strengths?
a. A study's strengths always involve a level of complexity—multiple research questions, many variables, many references.
b. A study's strengths are essentially the elements of the study that the researcher completed in accordance with the design of the study.
c. A study's strengths are determined by whether the research results are statistically significant or not.
d. A study's strengths are determined by the number of times the article is cited by other authors.
ANS: B
The next step in critically appraising a quantitative study requires determining the strengths and weaknesses of the study. To determine the strengths and weaknesses of a study, the reader must have knowledge of what each step of the research process should be like from expert sources. Then the elements of the research process are compared with the actual study steps. One determines whether the researcher followed the rules for an ideal study.
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