Assignment task: Locate a new academic article from a professional, peer-reviewed journal related to a topic of your interest. This article should involve experimental or quasi-experimental designs.
1. What question/hypothesis was the researcher trying to answer or investigate?
2. Define the variables studied.
3. Describe the sample.
4. How did the researcher gather data in the study? Were the data gathering techniques appropriate for the purposes of the study? In other words, did the data collection procedures produce data that allowed for the accurate examination of the original questions/hypothesis for the study?
5. What were the results? How do the results affect your understanding of the world?