Rigor: Lost in the Quest for Evidence-Based Practice

• Autores: Kristine L. Florczak
• Localización: Nursing Science Quarterly: Theory, research and practice, ISSN 0894-3184, Vol. 24, Nº. 3 (JUL), 2011, págs. 202-205
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The purpose of this column is to bring to light a lack of rigor in the design of randomized controlled trials. In this effort, basic tenets of quantitative design are considered including delineation of populations along with probability and non-probability sampling techniques in addition to defining random selection and random assignment. The idea that randomized controlled trials, considered the pièce de résistance of the evidence-based practice movement, lack rigor because of their use of randomly assigned groups without random selection of subjects is presented