Unity University

Department of Civil Engineering and CoTM

EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR ARTICLE REVIEW

Instruction: Based on the selected related articles to your research title provide a brief narrative of the
same article pertaining to the following 10 points. Your narrative shall be submitted together with the
article being reviewed.

No. Feature Max. p. Score

1 Purpose of the study (theory testing and/or model validation related objectives) 7

2 Nature and Sources of the data and assessment of the credibility of the source 8

3 Identification of variables (dependent and independent) considering the 5

literature review – also discuss why some more variables that were not
included in the literature review has been included and why some were
dropped
4 Hypothesis formulation/appropriateness 5

5 Measurements of variables (Operationalization) 15

6 Representativeness of the sample size (against the population size) 5

7 Appropriateness of the technique used 15

8 Assessing the results against the research objectives/questions 15

9 Appropriateness of the conclusions and recommendations in view of the 10

research findings/ results
10 Overall assessment of the article (5%) and following the general guideline (10%) 15
Total 100%

General guideline (Following instruction 10%)

• The article that you are going to review will be given by your advisor or approved by your advisor
• The review will be individual but the title is as a group (Already selected for your thesis)
• The report should be typed, 1.5 spaced, in 12-point Times New Romans
• There is no page limit as it depends on the article you will review
• Margins should be of normal dimensions – 1’’ from all sides except the left margin, which
should be 1.25’’
• It must be submitted in hard copy.
• Good referencing and academic practice will be credited
• Submission date will be June 13, 2023
• Submission should include your review, a hard copy of the article you reviewed and a copy of
this form in this order.