Instructions: Identify the article you have selected to critique in correct APA format, and then answer the following questions:
5.Design (overall)
a) What design was used? Is the design specified correctly? Is the
design appropriate to answer the research question?
b) Did the researcher(s) attempt to control for threats to internal and
external validity? How did the researcher(s) do this?
6.Sample/Ethical Considerations
a) Is the sample size adequate? Are the criteria for including and/or
excluding people or items from the sample clear and appropriate?
b) Is the sample likely to be similar to members of the target population?
c) Do(es) the researcher(s) indicate that approval was obtained from
appropriate review boards?Were the rights of human subjects
protected (i.e., is there indication of informed consent, confidentiality,
freedom from coercion)?
d) Is there any possibility that the subjects might have felt pressured to
participate or their responses influenced in some other way?
7.Data Collection
a) Are the instruments or other means for data collection described
sufficiently? Are the reliability and validity of the instruments
addressed? Are the reliability and validity of the instruments
adequate?
b) Are data collection methods described clearly? Are these appropriate?
c) Could the researcher(s) have affected the results of the study in some
way related to the collection of data?