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Finding Sources of Evidence
Introduction
Evidence plays an important role for strengthening the argument of each issue. In a practice, gathering evidences is important because it strengthens the credibility of the arguments. Scientific evidences are regarded as the most reliable sources of information because it is composed of a set of phenomena, ideas, facts, and experiences of authors who conducted an actual research. This is the reason why most academic institutions require researchers to use journals for their research articles or other published materials. This essay will be discussing the essentials of developing an evidence-based practice references applied in research materials. It seeks to find out the significance of referring an evidenced-based to research materials used by various authors from academic institutions, businesses, private researchers, and causes to the reseach.
When doing a research, it is very comfortable to look into websites that offers instant information relevant to your topic such as in Wikipedia. This is because the accessibility is already present that can be used it without spending a penny. However, the cons of using sources that are very accessible are not recommended due to its authenticity. Similar with random blog posts that you can found online using search engines such as Google, there are other available websites that are very easy to be accessed in just a fraction of a second after typing the keywords. However, Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, which does not assure the essentiality and accuracy of the evidences indicated from its content. This is similar with the random websites appears in search engines due to the anonymity of authors created the article that has no other supporting sources from reputable websites. Messages and contents are often manipulated, which changes the essence of the idea of the main subject even if they are easily accessed in less than a second (Walden State University, 2012).
One major characteristic of using credible information is the expertise of the subject matter by the authors when the cited reference came from peer-reviewed journals. These are sources that were made by an actual researcher or team or researchers who conducted a thorough investigation and experimentation to prove a certain fact. Journals are made up of an actual scientific research, in which all facts were proven through a specific statistical analysis and interview that presents the true nature of a certain fact or phenomena related to the main subject matter. The level of credibility is very high when the authors presented numerous supporting facts to strengthen the argument that answers the research question as stated from the main thesis statement of the published article. These are in the form of experimentation, interviews, other articles from other journals, statistical analysis, videos, and photos (Davies, 2011).
Implication
It has been learned that credibility in research is one of the most important considerations for a researcher should remember to their research material. Using evidence-based materials are one of the most common issues applied as a way to improve the credibility as well as the reliability of the article. Evidence-based materials must not come from random articles that are usually displayed in search engine websites. Sources are not recommended to blend to other websites that does not contain credible sources that degrades the accuracy of information researched by the author. The authors might be at risk for committing plagiarism because random websites containing unverified information are usually accused of copying information without the authority of the owner. Referencing enables users to display their potential on enlisting several journals and peer-reviewed articles that strengthens the argument of their published material. The essence of validity is always achieved when authors utilize sources that came from an actual researched article especially in the field of nursing (Polit & Beck, 2017).
Reference
Davies, K. S. (2011). Formulating the evidence based practice
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Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA:Wolters Kluwer.
Walden University Library. (2012). Levels of evidence. Retrieved from: http://academicguides.waldenu. edu/c.php?g=80240&p=523225
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