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Unit 6: Findings

  • What are the findings?
  • State briefly in your own words

Discussion issues

  • Summarises key discussion points.
  • Have the authors discussed their findings in relation to other research and their own original aims?
  • Have the authors mentioned limitations of their study and what are they?
  • Have you identified any additional limitations?
  • Have the authors given recommendations for general practice, this is acceptable if you think the findings are transferable or generalisable?
  • Summarise any recommendations.
  • Have the authors mentioned the need for future research and what form should it take? Summarise.

Overall view of research

  • Briefly state what you thought of this as a piece of research and why.
  • How could this research be used in practice.

This is the end of our checklist of questions to ask. It should help give you a framework to structure your assignment.

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