Task:
Quantitative Article Review Instructions
Select 1 quantitative article from your Topical Reference List and compose a 2-page review of it. Your review must include 2 sections:
(1) a summary of the article, and
(2) a critical analysis of the article.
Your summary must include:
The purpose of the study;
A description of participants/sample;
The research design (experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational, regression, etc.);
The method of data collection (survey, test, questionnaire, etc.);
A statistical analysis (t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), chi square, Pearson product moment correlation, Spearman rho, etc.); and
The results.
Your analysis must include:
Opportunities for further research not already stated in the article,
Threats to validity or rival hypotheses not already discussed,
Other original insight or criticism, and
Implications of the findings.
NOTE: If the article you selected does not identify how the data was statistically analyzed (e.g., t-test, ANOVA, ANCOVA etc.), it is likely that this article is either not a quantitative study or not an actual research report, but a summary of a study, in which case you must select another article.