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Individual Assignment

Individual Assignment 30%

a. Research Article Analysis 10%
b. Research Article Critique 20%

a. Research Article Analysis

Decide on your research area and you are required to find:

No. of Article/Thesis/dissertation Research Paradigm

5 Quantitative research
5 Qualitative research
5 Mixed method

*Everybody should not share similar article/thesis/dissertation. Submit by week 7.

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 a. Prepare your analysis on the articles in Literature Review Matrix according to the following format:

Author/ Title Source Research Research Research Research Theory Findings Note
Year Paradigm Design Problem Objective

You are strongly suggested to use Ms Excel to prepare the Matrix. Submit Week 7.

b. You are also required to prepare reviews of all the articles in the following format and must be presented during Lab Session.

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b. Research Article Critique

A Method of Critiquing Research Article

Answer the following questions Yes or No and Explain your answer

1. Types of research
a. What type of research most accurately describes this study?

2. The problem
a. Was the problem clearly defined?
b. Were hypotheses, research questions, or objectives formulated?
c. Was the problem logically deduced from theory?
d. What is (are) the independent variables?
e. What is (are) the dependent variables?

3. The literature review

a. Is the literature review adequate, up-to-date, critically done and selective?
b. Are the background of the studies sufficient?

4. The design
a. Was an appropriate research design utilized to meet the stated objectives?
b. Was the population studied clearly specified?
c. Was the sampling method clearly outlined?
d. Was the alpha level specified a priori?

5. The procedure
a. Were treatments and/or data collection methods described so that you could
replicate the study?
b. Were the size and characteristics of the sample adequately described?

6. The measurement
a. Was any evidence of the reliability of the instrumentation. Given?
b. Was any evidence of the validity of the instrumentation given?

7. The interpretation
a. Were the conclusions consistent with the obtained results?
b. Were the generalizations confined to the population from which the sample
was drawn?

8. General
a. Was this a significant study? Why? (Your opinion)

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