https://www.bu.edu/cdl/files/2018/10/Kao-Nayak-et-al.-2018.pdf
How to review a research study (journal article).
Who is/are the author(s) of the article?
What is the title of the article?
What year was this article published? Which journal was the article published in?
How to cite an article APA style:
Last Name, Initials., & Last Name, Initials. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, Volume number (Issue number), Page range.
https://doi.org/DOI
Example:
Nguyen, T., Carnevale, J. J., Scholer, A. A., Miele, D. B., & Fujita, K. (2019). Meta motivational knowledge of the role of high-level and low-level construal in goal-relevant task performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(5), 879-899. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000166
What is the hypothesis?
What was/were the independent variable(s)?
What was the dependent variable?
How many participants were in the study?
Who were the participants (e.g., college students, infants, etc.)?
What materials were used in the study? Did participants complete a survey, use a computer program, were they interviewed, etc.?
Summarize what the participants did.
What did the author(s) find?
Class,
I do want to point out the use of the terms independent and dependent variables. Note that qualitative studies do not use IV’s or DV’s so if you are critiquing a qualitative study, you will have variables, but not labeled as IVs or DVs. The assumption with IVs and DV’s is that the study is assessing some sort of relationship and with qualitative studies that is not the intention. Additionally, there are quantitative studies that do not use IV or DV terms as well. Example: typically, with correlational designs the terms predictor and criterion variable are used or simply “study variables.” Again, I just wanted to mention this so that you are aware that you may not have IV’s and DV’s and that is okay.
Your paper should be no less than one page in length, using ONE-inch margins and a standard (12 point) font. It should be typed, double-spaced, and free of grammatical and/or spellings errors