Read the ARTICLE AT THE BOTTOM AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
Theory
Why did the authors conduct this study?
What theory were they testing? What was previous research summarized?
Research Design
1. What was the hypothesis for this study?
2. What are the main variables?
3. Overview of operationalization
4. For each study (if there are less than three), give a summary of the study, main findings, secondary findings
Inferences
1. What did the authors conclude?
2. How does this connect to the theory they described in the beginning?
3. What are the implications of these findings?
Praise/critique the paper
1. Praise/critique of theory
2. Praise/critique of methods
3. Praise/critique of results/inferences
Future study
1. What study would you do next?
2. How would you design it?
3. Why? What does it add to the research?
