IMC651 EVALUATION OF INFORMATION SERVICES

Assignment 1: Article Critique of Research-Based Articles

The Task
In a group of two (2) students, find two (2) research-based articles in the field of
records management or information science. Both articles must be in the same
subject area. You are required to critique both articles in one.

The articles must be current i.e., 5 years back publication. The length of the articles should be
between 10 – 25 pages.

You need to get approval from your lecturer for the articles to review.

Format
Font: Arial; Spacing: 1.5; Align: Left
Maximum number of pages: 6

The Guidelines

A. Element 1 (2 marks)

Title of the article, journal information (Bibliographic information)

B. Element 2 (4 marks)

Write an abstract summarizing the article

C. Element 3

1. The Problem (2-4 paragraphs) (4 marks)

Is the problem clearly stated?
Is the problem practically important?
What is the purpose of the study?
What is the hypothesis?
Are the key terms defined?

2. Review of Literature (2-4 paragraphs) (2 marks)

Are the cited sources pertinent to the study?

Is the review too broad or too narrow?
Are the references recent?
Is there any evidence of bias?

3. Design and procedures (3 – 4 paragraphs) (4 marks)

 What research methodology was used?
Was it a replica study or an original study?
What measurement tools were used?
How were the procedures structured?
Was a pilot study conducted?
What are the variables?
How was sampling performed?

4. Data Analysis and presentation (2-4 paragraphs) (2 marks)

How was data analyzed?

Was data qualitative or quantitative?
Did findings support the hypothesis and purpose?
Were weaknesses and problems discussed?

5. Conclusions and Implications (2-4 paragraphs) (4 marks)

Are the conclusions of the study related to the original purpose?

Were the implications discussed?
Whom the results and conclusions will affect?
What recommendations were made at the conclusion?

D. Overall Assessment (1 paragraph) (6 marks)

What is your overall assessment of the study? and the article?

Total: 30 marks
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