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IHP 525 Final Project Article Review Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
There are two final projects in this course. One is an article review and the other is a data analysis.
Regardless of their field of interest, health professionals across disciplines need to be able to analyze and use biostatistical data to address health concerns
among the populations they serve. They need to be able to identify trends, draw conclusions, and make recommendations for improving health outcomes based
on solid evidence. It is also important that they are able to communicate that information effectively to those directly or indirectly impacted. They also need to
understand what others are doing in their field, the strengths and limitations of that work, and how it affects their own organization, even if they do not intend
to become statisticians.
The two summative assessments for this course lay the foundation for these critical skills. Final Project Article Review asks you to evaluate the strengths and
limitations of existing biostatistical articles and to identify the selection process of appropriate methodologies in different contexts (Final Project Article Review).
You will present your analysis through a written executive summary geared toward an audience of fellow health professionals. In the Final Project Data Analysis,
you will calculate descriptive and inferential statistics of a small data set. You will explain the basic parameters of the data, graph it, and run simple hypothesis
tests. You will present your analysis in a statistical report geared toward a non-technical audience, draw conclusions, and make recommendations for further
research.
For your Final Project Article Review, you will review and analyze published research that you might encounter as a health professional. You will select two
journal articles from the provided list on a topic of interest. You will create an article review that identifies the articles and their relevance to your field;
summarizes the articles, including their findings; compares and contrasts the statistical methods used in the articles; explains why the methods used were
appropriate; discusses their limitations; and concludes with recommendations for future work.
Final Project Article Review is divided into three journals, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality
final submissions. These article journals will be submitted in Modules Two, Five, and Six. The completed article review will be submitted in Module Eight.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
● Analyze the role of biostatistics for its impact on professional decision making in the public health, nursing, or health science fields
● Interpret key biostatistical metrics, methods, and data for addressing population-based health problems
● Evaluate the quality and limitations of published public health, nursing, and health science research by comparing and contrasting biostatistical methods
and analysis used to support a variety of health initiatives
● Communicate biostatistical results, procedures, and analysis to other health professionals and the general public for informing their decisions related to
population-based health problems
Prompt
Imagine you are a biostatistician working at a local health organization. Part of your job is to analyze trends and draw conclusions about health issues that affect
your organization. Your supervisor has asked you to do a quick literature search for published research on an upcoming topic as preparation for a new project.
The goal is to understand the current biostatistical methods and guidelines being used on similar studies so that you could eventually use that to inform the
design of the new study.
Your job is to find a minimum of two research articles on your topic from the Final Project Article Review Articles List document, examine the broad health
question(s) addressed in each, and critically assess the statistical methods used to analyze the data and arrive at the articles’ conclusions. You will present the
results of this analysis to your supervisor and peers in an article review.
Specifically, your article review must address the following critical elements:
I. Background: Use this section to provide a brief context for the health problem, issue, or trend you are researching. Specifically, you should answer:
A. What topic or health question did you research and why is it relevant to public health, nursing, or the health science professions? Give real world examples to support your answer.
B. How can biostatistics help inform decision making around your topic? Support your answer with specific examples.
II. Article Selection: In this section, discuss how and why you selected your main article and the related article. Be sure to:
A. Explain why you selected these specific articles to examine over others in your field that use biostatistical methods and data. Justify your
answer.
B. Assess each article’s importance to health decision making in your field. Give real-world examples to illustrate your answer.
III. Findings: This section should highlight the major findings of each of the articles you selected for your supervisor and peers. Specifically:
A. What are the findings of each article and what implications do they have individually and collectively for solving the health problem in
question? Support your answer with specific examples from your field.
B. Explain how key biostatistical calculations and methods support the conclusions in each article. Cite relevant information from the articles
that support your answer.
IV. Methods: Use this section to compare and contrast the methods used in the articles you selected with an eye to assessing the quality and limitations
of the findings and informing future research. Specifically, you should:
A. Explain why the authors of each article selected the methods they did. How appropriate were the methods to the overall purpose of the
paper? Justify your response.
B. Analyze a difference and similarity in the methods chosen with respect to the health question being addressed in the selected articles.
Explain your answer using evidence from the articles selected and information you have learned in the course.
C. Assess a strength and limitation of the different approaches used in the articles you selected. Explain your answer using evidence from the
articles you selected and information you have learned in the course.
V. Conclusions: What does your evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the articles you selected suggest for future research in this field? Be
sure to provide specific suggestions for potential next steps, based on evidence from your analysis, and explain how these suggestions would help
improve decision making.
Journals
The journal activities in this course act as milestones that will help you prepare for your Final Project Article Review submission.
Module Two Journal: Article Selection
In Module Two, you will submit a paragraph to select and explain your articles and health question. This assignment will be graded using the Journal Rubric.
Module Five Journal: Article Findings
In Module Five, you will explain the findings in the two articles relating to the health question you identified. This will be submitted as a table and at least two
paragraphs. This assignment will be graded using the Journal Rubric.
Module Six Journal: Article Methods
In Module Six, you will complete a table in which you compare the methods used in the two articles. You will also submit explain this comparison. This
assignment will be graded using the Journal Rubric.
Final Project Article Review Submission:
In Module Eight, you will submit your Final Project Article Review. To create this document, revise the journals throughout the course incorporating the
feedback from your peers and instructor into one final document that includes all the sections of this article review project. The final submission will be graded
using the Final Project Article Review Rubric.
Final Project Article Review Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your article review should be approximately 2–4 pages long (not including bibliography), double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman
font, with one-inch margins and citations in APA format. Be sure to use language and a style appropriate to an audience of knowledgeable health professionals.
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Background: Topic Meets “Proficient” criteria and
examples provided establish
clear connections and
relevancy of the topic or health
question
Identifies topic or health
question researched and why it
is relevant, giving real-world
examples to support answer
Identifies topic or health
question and relevance, but
does not give real-world
examples or examples are not
relevant
Does not identify topic or health
question researched and why it is
relevant
10
Background:
Biostatistics
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates keen insight into
the diverse ways biostatistics
can be used to answer health
questions
Analyzes how biostatistics can
help inform decision making
around selected topic,
supporting answer with specific
examples
Analyzes how biostatistics can
inform decision making around
topic, but does not support
with relevant examples or
response contains inaccuracies
Does not analyze how
biostatistics can help inform
decision making around selected
topic
10
Article Selection:
Specific Articles
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
response considers various
article sources and multiple
aspects of article quality
Explains why specific articles
were selected over others in
field and justifies response
Explains why specific articles
were selected over others in
field and justifies response, but
response contains inaccuracies
or justification is illogical or
irrelevant
Does not explain why specific
articles were selected over others
in field and does not justify
response
10
Article Selection:
Decision Making
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
examples provided
demonstrate a sophisticated
awareness of each article’s
applicability to a particular field
Assesses each article’s
importance to health decision
making in field, giving real world examples to illustrate
answer
Assesses each article’s
importance to health decision
making in field, but does not
give relevant real-world
examples to illustrate answer,
or response contains
inaccuracies
Does not assess each article’s
importance to health decision
making in field
10
Findings: Implications Meets “Proficient” criteria and
examples provided masterfully
demonstrate cogent
connections between field and
article findings
Communicates findings and
implications of articles—
individually and collectively—
for solving health problem in
question, supporting answer
with specific examples from
field
Communicates findings and
implications of articles—
individually and collectively—
for solving health problem in
question, but does not support
with specific examples from
field, or response contains
inaccuracies
Does not communicate findings
and implications of articles—
individually and collectively—for
solving health problem in
question
8
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Findings: Biostatistical
Calculations
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
explanations are particularly
clear and relevant to health
decision makers
Accurately explains how key
biostatistics and methods
support conclusions and cites
relevant information from
articles
Explains how key biostatistics
and methods support
conclusions, but does not cite
relevant information from
articles, or response contains
inaccuracies or omits key
details
Does not explain how key
biostatistics and methods support
conclusions of each article
9
Methods: Why Meets “Proficient” criteria and
justification demonstrates a
complex grasp of the authors’
methods and their
appropriateness
Explains why authors of each
article selected methods they
did, including how appropriate
methods were to the purpose
of paper and justifies response
Explains why authors of each
article selected methods they
did, including how appropriate
methods were to the purpose
of paper, and justifies
response, but response
contains inaccuracies or
justification is illogical or
irrelevant
Does not explain why authors of
each article selected the methods
they did, including how
appropriate methods were to
purpose of paper and does not
justify response
10
Methods: Differences
and Similarities
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
evidence utilized demonstrates
an astute ability to recognize
and illustrate differences and
similarities in methods
Analyzes differences and
similarities in methods used
with respect to health question
addressed, explaining answer
using evidence from articles
selected and information from
class
Analyzes differences and
similarities in methods used
with respect to health
question, explaining answer
using evidence from articles
selected and information from
class, but response contains
inaccuracies, or explanation is
illogical or irrelevant
Does not analyze differences and
similarities in methods used with
respect to health question,
explaining answer using evidence
from articles selected and
information from class
10
Methods: Strengths
and Limitations
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
evidence utilized demonstrates
an astute ability to recognize
and illustrate strengths and
limitations in approaches
Assesses the strengths and
limitations of different
approaches used, explaining
answer using evidence from
articles selected and
information from class
Assesses the strengths and
limitations of different
approaches used, but does not
explain answer using evidence
from articles selected and
information from class,
response contains inaccuracies,
or explanation is illogical or
irrelevant
Does not assess the strengths and
limitations of different
approaches used
10
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Conclusions Meets “Proficient” criteria and
uses information and the
suggestions for next steps are
appropriate for healthcare
decision making on a larger
scale than just the populations
represented in the articles
Analyzes what strengths and
weaknesses of articles suggest
for future research, providing
specific suggestions for
potential next steps and
explaining how suggestions
would help improve decision
making, based on evidence
from analysis
Analyzes what strengths and
weaknesses of articles suggest
for future research, providing
specific suggestions for
potential next steps, but does
not explain how suggestions
would help improve decision
making, or suggestions are not
based on evidence from
analysis or response contains
inaccuracies
Does not analyze what strengths
and weaknesses suggest for
future research, providing
specific suggestions for potential
next steps
10
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented
in a professional and easy to
read format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
3
Total 100%
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