Article Critique

  1. What was/were the research question(s)? What did the researchers want to know?
  2. What was/were the purpose(s) of the research (i.e., exploratory, descriptive, explanatory, and/or evaluation)?
    Justify your response.
  3. What were the relevant independent and dependent variables? How was each measured?
  4. Are the measure(s) of the variable(s) reliable and valid? Fully explain.
  5. What were the main hypotheses? Describe the results of the study. Were the hypotheses supported?
  6. What type of research design was used (i.e., experimental, quasi-experimental, non-experimental)? Was the
    Is research design appropriate, given the goal of the research?
  7. What type of sampling technique did the researcher(s) utilize? Can the researcher(s) generalize from the sample to the population? Describe the sample.
  8. Can the researchers infer causation with this study? Please explain your response in terms of the criteria for
    causality.
  9. Please define internal and external validity. Discuss the possible threat(s) to internal and external validity in
    the study.
  10. Identify the major strengths and weaknesses of the current study based on the research question, study
    design, findings, and implications of the research for practice and policy.
    All assignments will go through turnitin.com. Please put the article citation (in APA format) at the top of the page as a “title” so that I can easily identify which article you are critiquing. Please also put your name as the header of the document so that it is on every page.