Critique of Quantitative Research : Does Preoperative Oral Carbohydrate Reduce Hospital Stay? - Nursing Assignment Help

Were the methods rigorous and appropriate to answer the research question?

In particular the:

?  study setting, recruitment, selection and sample size; ?  inclusion/exclusion criteria; ? data collection techniques, tool development; ?  issues relating to bias e.g. reliability and validity; ? any assumptions stated; ? Ethical considerations to ensure participant safety and confidentiality. ? Results ? Were the appropriate statistics used to analyse results? ? Were the results presented in logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustrations?