Applying critical analysis - main methods

Abstract

What is the usefulness of critical appraisal of literature? Critical analysis is a fundamental condition for the correct interpretation of any study that is subject to review. In epidemiology, in order to learn how to read a publication, we must be able to analyze it critically. Critical analysis allows us to check whether a study fulfills certain previously established methodological inclusion and exclusion criteria. This is frequently used in conducting systematic reviews although eligibility criteria are generally limited to the study design. Critical analysis of literature and be done implicitly while reading an article, as in reading for personal interest, or can be conducted in a structured manner, using explicit and previously established criteria. The latter is done when formally reviewing a topic

Using scaffolding to promote sport management graduates' critical thinking

“…Educational qualification frameworks, such as the Australian qualifications In sport management, as well as a raft of other disciplines (e.g., Bowles 2000;Roy and Macchiette 2005;Woods, Felder, Rugarcia, and Stice 2000), CT is recognised as a central competency of university graduates (Zakus, Malloy, and Edwards 2007). Critical thinking is the first condition for correct interpretation of information (Araujo 2012). Most formal definitions of CT characterise it as the 'intentional application of rational, higher order thinking skills, such as analysis, synthesis, problem recognition and problem solving, inference, and evaluation' (Angelo 1995, 6).The term has been synonymous with the ability to think clearly and logically and to detect errors and fallacies in the thinking of others (Jones 1997).…”