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AP Research

Article Analysis
Student Name:
Title of Article:
Author(s):
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1. Does the Introduction include a hypothesis and state the rationale for doing this study?

2. What is the research method? (Randomized Controlled Trials, Longitudinal, Case-control, Cross-sectional,
Ecological, Systematic, Action Research, Meta-Analysis, Other?)

3. Is the study experimental, non-experimental, or a combination?

4. What is the unit of analysis? (human subjects? animal subjects? inanimate unit?)

a. If applicable, what is the sample size of the study and how was the sample collected?

5. What statistic is used to analyze the data?

6. Is the hypothesis supported by the data?

7. Are there any limitations or threats to the validity of the study? What are they?

8. Do you think this is a “good” study? Why? Why not?

9. What other article agrees with this article? On which points?

10. What other article disagrees with this article? On which points?

11. Considering all of the articles you have read, what gaps are there in the research?

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