Article Review Guideline

Dear Students:
 You are expected to review one of the articles.
 You are advised to consider the set of criteria given below in your review.
 Please respect the submission date set by academic calendar.
 Please note late submissions are NOT graded.
 You are kindly advised to submit them ahead of time to avoid last minute rush.

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 Please use Times New Roman Font Style,

 12 font size,
 1.5” Margins on all sides and double spacing to provide
enough space for comments.

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Contents of The Article Review (The Review Is Expected To Consist The Following Points).

 Title of the article to be Reviewed

 Name of Article Reviewer

1) Research Title and Reporting Format

2) Quality of Abstract
3) Problem Statement
4) Research Objectives
5) Conceptual /Propositions/Hypothesis of the study (if any)
6) Review of Related Literature
7) Research Methodology
8) Data Presentation, Analysis & Interpretation
9) Conclusion and Recommendation
10) Referencing
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S.No Check List/ Criteria

1 Research Title and Reporting Format

 Appropriateness of the Research topic with

respect to the content of the article
 The research report is written and organized
based on accepted format.

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2. Quality of the abstract

 A brief theme sentence to orient the reader about
 the overall issues used,
 Research methodology used,
 Major findings of the study,
 Contribution of the study.
 identification of key words and

 The number of words in the abstract within acceptable range? (250-300

words)

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3. Problem Statement
 Clarity of background and scope of the study

 Clarity of the statement of the problem /research gap to be

bridged
 Clarity of Research questions articulated
4. Research Objectives
 General Objectives
 Specific Objectives

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5. Conceptual /Propositions/Hypothesis of the study (if any )

 Clarity of hypothesis formulated to be tested
 Background/ Theoretical support for the set hypothesis

6. Review of Related Literature

 Critical evaluation of the theoretical literature

 Critical evaluation of the empirical literature

 Organization of the literature review -broad to specific, logical

division
 Conceptual /Theoretical frame work to guide the study

 Overall Quality and relevance of reviewed literature

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7. Research Methodology

 Description of and justification of the chosen research design,

/approach
 Population and sampling techniques/sample size determination,
sampling procedures followed

 Quality of research instruments

 Reliability and validity issues

 Procedures followed for ensuring ethical research.

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8. Data Presentation, Analysis &Interpretation

 Presentation of data analysis in line with the research
question/research problem
 Appropriateness of statistical tools used to analyze the data

 Discussion of findings –reliability, limitation, extent to which it is

generalizable
 Discussion linked with prior research works for possible consistency
or inconsistency
 Overall Quality of analysis focus, accuracy, interpretation inferences

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9. Conclusion and Recommendation

 A statement of Conclusion –quality and relevancy

 Theoretical and practical Contribution

 Quality of recommendations-relevance,
practicality, importance
 Area of further investigation/research identified

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10. Referencing
 Citation appropriateness & consistency

 Recency of citations (10Years)

 Citation source mixes –journals, websites and

books

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