answered: you will select your own study. Make sure to select either

  

you will select your own study. Make sure to select either an experimental or
observational study so that all components of the assignment can be addressed, a review paper or meta-
analysis is not acceptable. The study you select needs to be recent, published within the last 10 years.
Directions
In a 3 to 4-page essay, briefly describe and then critically analyze all of the following components of the
study:
1. What is the research problem? Another way to think about this is: Why was this study conducted?
2. What is/are the hypothesis/hypotheses stated by the author(s)? If not stated directly, what does the
hypothesis appear to be?
3. A. Who were the study participants? How many were there and how were they recruited ?
B. What were the inclusion/exclusion criteria for selecting the participants?
4. What was the study design?
5. What were the main study results?
6. Did the results support the authors’ hypothesis/hypotheses? Why or why not?
7. What was/were the limitation(s) and strength(s) discussed by the author(s)? These are usually in the
Discussion/Conclusion section of the article. Were there any additional strengths and weaknesses not
discussed by the author(s)? If so, discuss with a professional critique and do not use overly personal
opinion-based judgements.
A. What conclusion(s) did the author(s) make?
B. How can the research findings be applied? If no applications were suggested by the authors, provide
ideas for how the findings could be applied.
C. Based on this study and past research discussed in the Introduction, what directions should
researchers take for future study of this topic?
Use your own words to discuss the answers using information f rom the article. DO NOT use direct quotes or
copied material from the article. Instead, paraphrase the source material using YOUR OWN WORDS and
cite appropriately in APA format. Do not include the questions. Your paper should be written in paragraph
form; it should NOT be a list of the questions and your responses.
Your paper will be submitted to CANVAS with turnitin.com enabled by the instructor to check for plagiarism.
Each student is required to review one original research article (primary reference, peer-reviewed), from the list of topics in the Assignment PacketActions .
You will need to find your own peer-reviewed paper that relates to whichever topic your group selected from the list of suggested topics.
The article you select will be the same one that you present for your group oral presentation.
Make sure to find an original research study, not a REVIEW or a META ANALYSIS (this is critical for your grade, if you end up analyzing a review article, you won’t be able to get a passing grade from this assignment).
See the rubric for the point breakdown for this assignment.
You can also use textbooks for additional background and support
Use your own words to discuss the article. DO NOT use direct quotes or copied material from the article. Instead, paraphrase the source material using YOUR OWN WORDS and cite appropriately in APA formatLinks to an external site..
Do not include the questions you see below.