Critical analysis

Learning and teaching resources on the topic of critically evaluating information.

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Resource title and description	Type
Critical reading and thinking A guide to help you apply critical reading and thinking strategies to your academic work. By working through this tutorial, you should be able to: Develop your understanding of thinking, reading, and writing critically. Use strategies to select your reading. Understand the Critical Thinking Model and apply it to your academic work.
Critical Appraisal – Identifying Study Design In order to critically appraise research, students need to be able to identify the study type they are appraising. This quiz can help to test understanding of the different types of study design.	Quiz
Critical appraisal – Identifying biases This short quiz tests a student's understanding of the different types of bias that can affect the reliability of research.	Quiz
Critical appraisal An interactive tutorial which teaches students how to think critically about research and research methodology. It gives students the opportunity to: identify different types of bias identify study designs use critical appraisal checklists.
Choosing quality sources for your academic work In this tutorial you will find information about how to evaluate information, read critically, and determine the credibility of the information you have found in order to select the most appropriate and reliable sources for your academic work.	Tutorial
Understanding your assessment task This is a Xerte tutorial aimed at postgraduate taught level students. It covers: why we have assessment criteria what is expected of you when completing an assignment how to approach an assignment question, and how to plan your writing and research. This tutorial is part of the Writing at Postgraduate Level suite.
Evidence pyramid When searching for information on a particular health question, the evidence pyramid will help with determining which pieces of evidence are the best quality. The evidence pyramid can be downloaded within an explanatory handout or as an image. It can accessed online via Xerte by following the View link.	Image
Evaluating the evidence: critically reading your sources This Xerte tutorial, aimed at 6th form and further education students, focuses on approaches to critically reading information to determine the credibility and validity of arguments. This tutorial is part of the Evaluating the Evidence Suite created to support schools offering the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate.
Evaluating the evidence: assessing the quality of your sources This Xerte tutorial, aimed at 6th form and further education students, focuses on techniques for assessing the quality of sources of information. This tutorial is part of the Evaluating the Evidence suite created to support schools offering the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate.	Tutorial
Evaluating information This tutorial is aimed at postgraduate taught level students. It covers: Why you should evaluate information How to establish the credibility of the information you have found Techniques for critically reading your sources How to select information that contributes effectively to your assignment This tutorial is part of the Writing at Postgraduate Level suite.
Evaluating information flowchart A flowchart that leads step by step through a process of evaluating information from websites.	Image