Posted: April 11th, 2015

Applied Writing

Applied WritingAnswer each of following questions based on the article and what you have learned this semester
1. The article is in the shared file

Reading and analyzing a Research Article

1. Write the reference for this article in APA style.

2. Write an “overview” or brief summary of the article. Indicate your assessment of what the study is about and the major findings of the study.

3. According to the introduction, what information was already known about the topic (look for references to previous research).

4. What variables were studied? What were the hypotheses concerning these variables?

5. What were the operational definitions of the variables studied? How the researchers measure these variables?

6. Who were the participants in this study? Were there any special participant characteristics?

7. What were the procedures used to test the hypotheses? Did you notice any problematic features of the procedure?

8. Was the experimental or nonexperimental method used? Were there attempts to control any extraneous variables? What research design, pre-posttest, posttest only, factorized designs, or other research designs are used? If applicable, what kind of tests are used, T-test or F-test? (Try your best to answer question 8 as much as you can)

9. What were the major results of the study? Were the results consistent with the hypotheses?

10. How do the results relate to the other studies cited in the introduction?

11. How did the researcher interpret the results? Can you think of alternative interpretations?

12. Did the author give suggestions for future research or applications? Can you provide other suggestions?

13. What would you do if you wished to find out more about this research topic?

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