Analysis of an article

Analysis of an article – theory, hypotheses, variables, measurements and usefulness of theory to explain
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Students should select and prepare a short critical review of one of the articles. The critical reviews should include short summary of the goals/objectives of the article, methods used for data collections, main findings and policy recommendations if any, and a good critique of the findings (strengths and limitations of the article). Your critique should provide a very brief summary of what you believe the authors were attempting to do in each article before going on to consider specific elements of each study in more detail.
You should discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the article and prioritize your comments to focus on what you believe to be the most significant aspects of the authors’ methodological choices regarding research design. Students should take care to read their article carefully; present its main tenets and evaluate the source of evidence used for the author´s claims, and provide a good critique. Article evaluations will be graded based on how well they engage central issues but they cannot be comprehensive, so PRIORITIZE.
In your paper you may discuss, in various mixes, the following issues:

1. Things you found praiseworthy about what the researchers did;
2. Things you thought the researchers might/should have done differently or additionally that would have
   improved the study and their overall manuscript;
3. Choices you thought the authors were mistaken about;
4. Discussion about how the research was designed that you believe they should have discussed further;
5. Choices that enhance or detract from authors’ or others’ ability to replicate, extend or build on their
   research;
6. The degree of confidence you have in the conclusions that the authors draw or the conclusions that you
   think they should have drawn but did not draw.