You will critique many articles throughout your program, so this skill is very important to learn. Your ability to critique a research article will improve considerable over time as you learn more about research methods and statistics.
- What are the strengths and limitations of the article?
- What are some ethical considerations of the article?
- How well did the author represent the findings? For example, some authors clearly state the limitations of the study, while others try to draw much greater implications than are warranted.
Focus on quality by limiting unnecessary "filler" information (the stuff many freshmen do in an undergraduate program). Be very direct, factual, logical, and clear. This paper should be two pages long.
You know the last assignment you did for me? You can use the same articles or just ONE that you used to complete this assignment.