Critical Thinking Concept Review

1. Choose three peer C-reviewed research articles and write a short review of each of them that includes the following:

a. Write the problem statement.

b. Name the theoretical model used or briefly describe the overall conceptual model.

c. Write out the main research questions. What is the rationale for the question?

d. List the main hypotheses that the study seems to be testing.

e. Define the dependent variable and the main independent variables.

f. Briefly describe the research design.

g. Describe the sample (e.g. size, sociodemographic characteristics) and how it was obtained.

h. List the statistics used to test the hypotheses.

i. Identify the main assumptions and limitations.