Select one quantitative study that you have identified in your quality improvement problem and purpose statement assignment and answer the following questions embedded in the Guidelines for Critiquing Data Collection Plans in Quantitative Studies:
Was the collection of data using structured methods (in contrast with unstructured methods) consistent with the study aims?
Were the right methods used to collect the data (self-report, observation, etc.)? Was triangulation of methods used appropriately? Should supplementary data collection methods have been used to enrich the data available for analysis?
Was the right amount of data collected? Were data collected to address the varied needs of the study? Was too much data collected in terms of burdening study participants—and, if so, how might this have affected data quality?
Did the researcher select good instruments, in terms of congruence with underlying constructs, data quality, reputation, efficiency, and so on? Were new instruments developed without a justifiable rationale?
Were data collection instruments adequately pretested?
Did the report provide sufficient information about data collection procedures?
Who collected the data? Were data collectors judiciously chosen, with traits that were likely to enhance data quality?
Was the training of data collectors described? Was the training adequate? Were steps taken to improve data collectors’ ability to elicit or produce high-quality data, or to monitor their performance?
Where and under what circumstances were data gathered? Was the setting for data collection appropriate?
Were other people present during data collection? Could the presence of others have resulted in any biases?
Were data collectors blinded to study hypotheses or to participants’ group status?
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