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HFR 2000 Critical Writing task 4 25thNovemberRead the 3 extracts and decide which one is

!escri"tive

#nal$tical

%val&ative

'sing di((erent colo&rs) highlight what is descri"tive) what is anal$tical and what is

eval&ative in each extract* +here ma$ not be all three in each extract*

Re(lect on $o&r own writing st$le and write a""rox 250 abo&t how $o& can im"rove to

become more anal$tical and eval&ative*

Extract 1

,arahoo et al -2000. investigated the extent to which learning disabilit$ n&rses in

Northern /reland &sed research in their "ractice* +he$ also examined the attit&des o(

these same n&rses to the im"ortance o( research &tilisation in general* 1 learning

disabilit$ n&rses res"onded to the &estionnaire* *5 o( res"ondents said that

the$ 6never7seldom8 &sed research -,arahoo et al) 2000) "* 90.* +he investigating

team concl&ded that there was still a great deal o( work to be done i( evidence:based

"ractice was to become the norm in learning disabilit$ n&rsing*

Extract 2

/n their 2000 "a"er) ,arahoo et al investigated the &se o( and attit&des towards

research o( Northern /rish learning disabilit$ n&rses* +he$ concl&ded that research

&tilisation was "oor and the goal o( evidence:based "ractice was still some wa$ o((*

+he research was cond&cted b$ wa$ o( &estionnaires distrib&ted amongst aconvenient sam"le o( n&rses* #ltho&gh) the a&thors acknowledged the limitations o(

this method -,arahoo et al) 2000) "* 90. the$ arg&ed it was necessar$ d&e to lack

o( reso&rces* However) this &ndo&btedl$ a((ects an$ ;&dgement on the val&e o( the

data collected* # strati(ied random sam"ling techni&e wo&ld have ens&red a tr&l$

random sam"le o( n&rses were selected) making it "ossible to draw more general

concl&sions (rom the res&lts* /n addition) the low res"onse rate to the &estionnaire

and the small n&mber o( learning disabilit$ n&rses in the res"onse set (&rther limit

an$ generalisations to other "o"&lations*

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HFR 2000 Critical Writing task 4 25thNovemberExtract 3

Whilst ,arahoo et al -2000. arg&e that evidence:based "ractice is some wa$ o((

being a realit$ in learning disabilit$ n&rsing) more recent work b$ =ckendr$ and >o$d

-2009. has s&ggested a more o"timistic "ers"ective* +he latter "a"er &sed a

&estionnaire to investigate attit&des towards research amongst learning disabilit$

n&rses in