Study | Items | |||||||||
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 | 1. Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research? | 2. Is the methodology appropriate? | 3. Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research? | 4. Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? | 5. Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? | 6. Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered? | 7. Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? | 8. Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? | 9. Is there a clear statement of findings? | 10. Is the research findings contributing to the body of literature? |
1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t Tell | Can’t Tell | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t Tell | Can’t Tell | Yes | Yes | Yes |
3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t Tell | Can’t Tell | Yes | Yes | Yes |
4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
7 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t Tell | Can’t Tell | Can’t Tell | Yes | Yes |
8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t Tell | Can’t Tell | Yes | Yes | Yes |
9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t Tell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t Tell | Yes | Can’t Tell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t Tell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |