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Guidelines for writing your 2nd research paper

1. Basic info: your name, course name, etc..


2. After basic info, write the reference of the paper that was analyzed, and center it on the
page. Attach the first page of the article to your analysis.
3. Start a new paragraph, title it Article Summary and center it on the page.
4. Start a new paragraph and write a summary of the article. Remember that I will not
have read the article, so give me enough info to understand it. Flush left.
5. Start the actual analysis of the paper by answering the questions below. The questions
should be written in narrative format, according to the sample provided. You may use
subheadings for the main sections of the paper if you would like.

A. Introduction
1. What is the objective and/or research question(s) of the study? Is it clearly stated? What
makes it clear? Or unclear?
2. Do the authors offer a review of previous studies? How is the lit review relevant to the
objective/research question? Explain.
3. Do the authors point to a gap in the literature which they are trying to address? Do they
state why addressing it is important? Explain.
4. If no gap is presented, how is the importance or relevance of the study explained?

B. Methods
1. Do the authors have a hypothesis? Is it clearly stated? What makes it clear? Or unclear?
2. Based on your reading of the article, what is the design used? Explain why you think
that is.

3. Is there sufficient information about the participants? Explain why you think it is enough
or why you think info is missing. Remember that the info provided should give you a
detailed profile of the participants allowing you to evaluate if they seem to be okay for
addressing the research question.
4. Is there sufficient information about the materials (stimulus) and tests, such that you
think this is an appropriate way to test their hypotheses? Or better, from the descriptions
provided, do you know how the materials were selected? How the tests worked? Explain.
5. Do the authors give you detailed information about the procedure of the experiment?
Would another researcher be able to replicate it? Explain.

C. Results/discussion/conclusions
1. How well is the data/results presented? How much can you understand from it, including
info from graphs and tables? Explain.
2. Were the conclusions presented based on the results obtained? Explain.
3. Do the authors discuss how the findings contribute to theory development and/or future
practice/research? How do they do that? Explain.
4. Are there recommendations for additional studies? What are they?
5. Are limitations presented by the authors? What are they? What do you see as some
limitations?

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