EDG. 501 A

 

Review of Research Article Worksheet

 

Directions: Use this worksheet to help you analyze published research. You should be able to complete each item, though sometimes this may require that you make inferences.

1. What is the research question?

    

2. Summarize the main points of the literature review in a couple of sentences. Verify that current primary sources from reputable publications were used.

    

3. What is the research hypothesis?

    

4. Identify the independent and dependent variables.

    

5. List any extraneous variables that the researchers considered either when implementing or discussing the study.

    

6. What is the most likely target population? What is the most likely accessible population?

    

7. What method of sampling was used? How large was the sample?

    

8. What research design was used?

    

9. List the major threats to internal validity.

    

10. List the major threats to external validity.

     

11. What instruments were used? What measurement scales were used?

     

12. Review the reliability and validity of the instruments.

     

13. What kinds of graphs and descriptive statistics were used?

     

14. What specific inferential methods did the researchers use?

     

15. What conclusions were drawn?

     

16. What suggestions for further study did the researchers make?

     

17. Briefly summarize the major strengths and weaknesses of this study.