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Assignment 3: Reading Academic Research – Kwan Article (100 points)

This worksheet will walk you through the process of reading an academic article. The questions follow the structure of the article, from beginning to end. Please type directly on this sheet – expand sections as needed. Each question is worth 4 points (You name counts as one question, Q5 counts as two, and Q14 counts as three).

! Be sure to read directions carefully and answer all questions completely.

1. Write the article’s citation in ASA style:

2. Where did you find the info?

3. It is common to include a sentence beginning with “This paper, …” that explains what the paper is about. Where is the first mention of the phrase “This paper, …”?

4. In your own words, what is the paper about?

5. Authors typically try to fill a void in the existing research. What is the “black hole” that Kwan is trying to fill? Use the columns below to help you sort out the information

6. Name a study that Kwan references in the paper. List the author’s name and date (and page number you found the reference) and explain why Kwan includes the author(s)’s idea(s).

7. On p479, Kwan elaborates an outline of the rest of the article. The first point is when she says “I begin …” Based on this section, write the outline of her article in the space below (HINT: you have to read between the lines).

8. There is a way to double check yourself using the article itself. What is it? In other words, how else can you easily identify the article’s outline?

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN? (This creates the “bulk” of the knowledge)

THE BLACK HOLE – WHAT’S LEFT OUT (What she is going to “find”)

9. How does Kwan define the Toxic Environment? On what page?

10.How does Kwan define the Market Choice Frame? On what page?

11.What type of method does the paper employ? Be specific.

12.Were the respondents paid for their time? Where did you find evidence of this?

13.Who is included in the study’s sample? In other words, who did she talk to? Be specific.

14.In the Results section Kwan states that the qualitative data “strongly corroborate” the quantitative data.

a. Where did the qualitative data come from?

b. The quantitative?

c. What does she mean by “strongly corroborate”?

15.What is the position “held by the majority of respondents”?

16.What claim did respondents reject?

17.The respondents claimed that they could make their own decisions. But that a particular group needed protecting. Who?

18.What type of research is this: Explanatory, Descriptive, Exploratory?

19.What does Kwan find?

20.Why does Kwan think she found what she did?

21.What do you find to be the most interesting part of this study?