Assignment:
Please read the attached article "Toward a Theory of Motivational Interviewing," by William R. Miller and Gary S. Rose and answer the following questions:
1. What is the research question? Is it an empirical/answerable question?
2. What are the key concepts? How are they operationalized?
3. Is the significance/rationale for this study explained? What gaps in the body of knowledge does the literature review suggest?
4. What research method was used? Is it appropriate for the research question to be answered?
5. What are the hypotheses? Are they testable by the research method selected?
6. What are the Independent & Dependent Variables (IV&DV)?
7. What types of data are to be collected? What data collection methods were used? Are the methods appropriate for the types of data?
8. Did the authors develop new data collection instruments? How is reliability of the instruments ensured?
9. What are the key findings? Are the hypotheses supported or rejected?
10. How is validity of findings ensured?
11. What limitations of generalizability were identified by the authors?
12. What new questions are suggested for future research?
Readings:
Toward a Theory of Motivational Interviewing
By William R. Miller, Gary S. Rose