
Unit 6: Quantitative data
The authors need to explain in detail how they collected the data:
- what tools have been used to collect the data?
- have the authors shown them to be valid (measure what they are supposed to measure) and reliable (consistent over time)?
- if it is a person or machine obtaining the data has this been shown to have inter-rater reliability between each assessment?
- are interventions shown to be consistent for each subject?
- How does all this affect the research?
SMILE - How to assess a research article by School of Health and Life Sciences and Marion Kelt, GCU is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.