1. Identify the study by title and authors.
2. Determine what question(s) the authors are trying to answer by doing this research.
3. Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative research methods and terminology. Specify which approach is used in the study.
4. Explain whether the study is qualitative or quantitative by citing specific clues from the article, such as sample size, data collection techniques, the nature of the data collected, or the data analysis techniques used.
5. Associate the chosen study with a specific research area of psychology based on the information on research area in Chapter 1 of your course textbook. Explain your reasoning.
6. Summarize ethical issues which were addressed in the article and analyze the ethical principles applied. Can you discern additional ethical issues that apply but were not mentioned?