Critical Reviews of Research Articles (40 points)
A 2-3 page (single-spaced with one inch margins, excluding references), type-written report is required for an article related to course material. The standardized format below must be followed:
Reading a scientific article is different from reading other kinds of texts. The writing densely packs so much information into a conventional format that just reading from beginning to end isn't the best way to grasp all the ideas or to pick out the most important ones. These study questions prompt you to look for the key ideas any time you read a scientific article reporting research results. 1. Cover Page. Your name, date of report, and article citation. 2. What was the research issue—the unresolved area of science to which this study contributed? Think in terms of an answer that indicates something unresolved. What is (are) the specific research question(s) that this study focused on? If there was a hypothesis, what was it? 3. What was the general research approach? What specific procedures did the researcher(s) employ? What were the participants' characteristics? Was the study done in the laboratory or in some other arena (if so, what arena)? Was the data gathered by measurement or questionnaire? 4. What were the most important results? How do the authors interpret the meaning of the results? 5. Do you think it is a valid interpretation?
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