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Step 3: Analyzing a Research Article Research articles are typically dense with information. The following questions will provide an organized way for you to break down the parts of the research article and understand its purpose, methods, findings, and implications.
Introduction 1. What is the topic of the article?
2. What is the hypothesis or hypotheses of the study?
3. What type of research study is it (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods)?
Method 4. How many participants were in the study?
5. Who were the participants in the study? Describe from where they were recruited, any defining characteristics, etc.
6. Where was the study conducted (e.g., in a lab, at a university, in participants’ homes)?
7. What measures were collected in the study?
8. What analyses were conducted in the study (e.g., correlation analysis, analysis of variance, thematic analysis)?
Results or Findings 9. What are the main results or findings from the study?
10. If there are tables or figures in the paper, what type(s) of tables and/or figures are they? What important information do they convey?
Discussion 11. What are the main conclusions of the research?
12. To whom do the results or findings apply? Can they be generalized to all people in all places, to certain subsets of people, or something else?
13. What are limitations of the study?
14. What remains to be investigated about this topic?
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