31 Aug What is the problem the author cites as challenging?
This paper should reflect graduate-level work in content, appearance, organization, grammar, and effort. Use the grading rubric in Canvas as a guide. Students are required to submit the document in MS Word.
Please note that ALL papers will be submitted to Turnitin for a check against plagiarism.
If you answer all the questions stated below in your narrative, you will be including the most critical points in the article,
- What is the purpose of the article?
- What is the problem the author cites as challenging?
- What predictions or hypotheses does the author state?
- What is the research design? A cross-sectional survey, etc.
- Describe the instrument used?
- What are the population and sample size?
- How many responded participants responded?
- What are the sample demographics?
- Were the hypotheses supported in the article?
- What are the discussion points made in the discussion?
- What are the findings?
- What are the limitations?
- What is further research?
Please make sure that the final papers total 8-12 pages.
When you introduce the work, consider the following examples,
Smith (2017) examined….the issue of. (answer the questions)
In another study, Moore (2013) explored the same issue too.
Rand (2018) also examined but focused on the issue of…..
Critique Guide for Each Quantitative Article
- What is the research question?
- How is the purpose statement written? (the aim of the research)
- What is the significance of the study
- What is the conceptual framework (theory)
- What are the Hypotheses?
- How is the Independent
Variable defined? - How is the Dependent Variable defined?
- What is the purpose of this survey design?
- Are the reasons for choosing the design mentioned?
Methodology
- Is the nature of the survey identified? (cross-sectional, etc.)
- Are the population and its size mentioned? What is it?
- Was the population stratified? If so, how?
- How many people were chosen in the sample? On what basis was this sample chosen?
- Was the study random, nonrandom?
- What instrument was used in the survey? Who developed the survey? The scales (Likert?)
- What are the content areas addressed in the survey? Construct/content validity
- What procedure was used to pilot or field-test the survey?
- What is the timeline for administering the survey?
- What specific steps were taken in data analysis to do the following
Analyze returns
- How did they check for response bias (how many surveys were sent and how many returned)
- Check for the reliability of scales (Cronbachs alpha)
- How were results interpreted? (Statistical evidence) What are the statistics used?
- What are the Findings?
- What are the Limitations of the study?
