Argument Analysis

Argument Analysis

To better understand research methods, you will obtain and analyze two conflicting RESEARCH

articles on the diversity issue of your choice. You will explore the ways in which they are and

are not examples of credible scholarship by answering the guiding questions below for each

piece of literature. You will explore the ways in which they are and are not examples of

credible scholarship by answering the following guiding questions for each piece of literature.

1. Identify the author’s/authors’ research question.

2. Identify the hypothesis/es being tested.

3. Document at least three instances where statistical information was

displayed. Where did these numbers come from? Were they believable or

trustworthy? Why?

4. If you sought to answer the same research question, what two things would

you do to improve the credibility of the study and your findings?

5. Should findings from the study (or your own) be used to modify law?

Explain your opinion.

6. What is your personal response to the author’s/authors’ argument?

7. In what ways does your positioning influence the way you perceive the

author’s/authors’ argument?