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Module Four Worksheet
Every data collection and analysis method has limitations. For this worksheet activity, using the
Reference article from the provided list for your final project article, identify all elements of the
article that you have studied in previous modules. In addition, identify the limitations presented
by the study population and the advantages and disadvantages of the statistical analysis used.
To complete this assignment, complete the following steps:
1. Review the article you selected for the final project and identify another article with a
similar study in the references list.
2. Obtain the article referenced by your final project article and review it.
3. Download and complete this Module Four Worksheet document. Address the following:
○ Purpose, research question, and hypothesis
○ Research methods
○ Results or key findings
○ Limitations
4. Upload and submit your completed worksheet assignment
Part I: Identify the Articles
1. What is the title of the
article you have chosen
from the Final Project
Articles document?
Article Title:
2. What is the full APA
style citation of the
article you identified
from the references list
of your final project
article?
Part II: Purpose, Research Question, and Hypothesis
1. What is the purpose of
the study?
2. What is/are the
research question(s)?
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3. What is/are the
hypothesis(es) of the
study?
4. What is/are the
explanatory variable(s)?
5. What is/are the
response variable(s)?
Part III: Research Methods
1. What population are the
researchers interested
in?
2. What is the sample?
How did the researchers
select their sample?
3. How did the researchers
collect their data?
4. What statistical analysis
did the researchers use?
Part IV: Results or Key Findings
1. What was/were the
result(s) of the research
question(s)?
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2. What were the
differences in the
groups that were being
studied?
3. Did the result support
the researchers’
hypothesis or not?
4. List (with support) any
other results that you
found interesting.
Part V: Limitations
1. What did the
researchers state as the
limitations of their
study?
2. Why are these
limitations?
3. Please list a question
you have about the
study that was not
addressed in this article.
