Research Assignment #3

Review of Literature

 

Using one article from your Review of Literature, answer the following items or questions.  Submit your typed answers and a copy of the manuscript at next week's lab.

  1. Article citation in APA Format.

  2. Identify the primary research question

  3. Briefly describe the research design.

  4. Briefly describe the subjects.

  5. Identify 1 dependent variable related to the research question.

  6. Was this variable significantly altered by the treatments of the study?

  7. Briefly explain how you reached the answer to question #6.

  8. Was the dependent variable in question #5 reliable?  On what do you base your answer?

  9. How did the authors of the study insure external validity?

  10. How could the design of the study be improved to increase internal validity?