Article Critique Worksheet 1
EDUC 815
Article Critique Worksheet
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Instructions: After reviewing the website article in the assigned module/week’s Reading & Study folder, you will answer each question below in no more than 3 sentences.
1. Correctly reference the article using current APA format.
2. What is the purpose of the study?
3. List the hypotheses; then, underline and label the corresponding independent/dependent variables or predictor/criterion variables. Are there any covariates? If so, name them.
4. What research design is used and why?
5. What type of sampling method is used?
6. What are the names of the instruments (provide a list)? Are the instruments valid and reliable? Why or why not?
7. Do the author(s) give enough detail regarding the procedure so that the study could be replicated? How or how not?
8. What type of statistical analysis is used and why?
9. What are the major conclusions of the study? How do they relate to the hypothesis?
10. Do the author(s) suggest any future studies to resolve ambiguities in the present study or to answer questions raised by the present study?
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