Your assignment should be approximately two double spaced pages. Your selected article should include an introduction section, a literature review, a method section, a results section and a discussion/conclusion.
Please address the following from the selected article in the format of a literature review. Do not include the questions these are guidelines to help you review the journal article:
What is the major purpose of the study?
What topics are presented in the introduction section and the literature review, what references are provided, and how are the references used? What were the main topics discussed?
List the hypothesis (or hypotheses) of the study and explain how they flow logically from the arguments presented.
Briefly summarize the information contained in the subsections included under the method section.
List the variables manipulated or evaluated (independent variables) by the researchers and the behaviors that were measured (dependent variables). If a correlational study is described, list the variables that were measured.
Specify any control measures taken to rule out alternative explanations (for example, factors held constant, special subject samples, etc.).
In your own words, list the major findings of the study as reported in the results.
In your own words, summarize and evaluate the information in the discussion.
Do the author's conclusions follow logically from the results reported (why or why not)? Do the author/s overreach when speculating the meaning of the results? Were any alternative explanations offered for the results (if so, what were they)?
What future research can be suggested based on the conclusions? How will the findings of the study be used to influence your research question/study?
Make sure you include the full citation for the article you are reviewing in this assignment.
Please format the assignment as follows:
Double spaced, one inch margins all around
12 point font (Times New Roman or Calibri, preferred)
Insert page numbers
Left alignment; no justified
Name and title at top of first page (no separate title pages, please)