CRITIQUING OF

A RESEARCH
PAPER
 PURPOSES AND IMPORTANCE OF A
GOOD AND EFFICIENT RESEARCH
PAPER
• Writ in g an eff ici en t an d q u ali ty research p ap er i s the best approach
to ar ran ge id eas, create n ar rati v es o r mak e arguments that are
sup p o rt ed b y ev id en ce, an d imp ar t y o u r n ewl y acquired informat ion
Purposes to o t h er s.

• Th is also serv es as a g u id e o r t oo l t h at w ill hel p other students,

teacher s, an d fu tu r e research ers.

• Helps you locate more information about the subject of your research,
allow ing you to discover something intriguing and novel about the
field that you might apply to future profession.
Importance
• You w ill have a chance to develop your writing abilities when writing
a research paper, and in the future, you will be able to produce a better
piece of w riting that w ill impres s others.
 READING OF A
SAMPLE RESEARCH
PAPER
PARTS INCLUDED: TITLE, INTRODUCTION, AND
ABSTRACT
TITLE & INTRODUCTION
ABSTRACT
 TITLE OF THE STUDY

UNCLEAR INCOMPLET PLAIN

The title is unclear. It means that the
researchers did not mention the whole
objective of their study, which made their
research confusing.
Ex. The Efficacy of Melon (Cucumis melo)
Peelings as a Material for Special and Eco-
Friendly Papers
The melon peels are the independent variable,
and creating a special and eco-friendly paper
is the objective.
E
The title is incomplete. Make
sure your title is between 5 and
15 words in length. Typically, it
consists of 10–12 words. 
The title is plain and boring. It
means that this kind of research
title will not interest readers. It
should predict the content of the
research paper, be interesting,
reflect the tone of the writing, and
contain important keywords.
 PREDICTS REFLECTS
TITL CONTENT?
INTERESTING?
TONE?
IMPORTANT
KEYWORDS?
E
Water Leak Alarm
System

Solution to Water
Leakage: A Report on
How Water Leak Alarm
Systems Can Reduce
Water Outflow

Making a Model of a
Water Leak Alarm
System

Building a Pipe Model:

A Study Investigating
How Water Leak Alarm
Systems Work
 INTRODUC TION

TOO BROAD INCOMPLET SEEMS

The introduction is not E lacks factual TheUNRELIABLE
choices of words made their
The introduction
particular to their objectives. piece unsuitable for academic
information that will support
The researchers did not mention writing since it appears too
their study. They did not use
the scope, context, or informal. Their introduction did
any previous or existing not show the problem for which
importance of their study
studies that are related to their they conducted this study and
explicitly. Additionally, they
research. Also, the background also did not mention any
use personal experience to
is not briefly explained, which solutions to a certain problem.
support their topic. 
leads to confusion.
 ABSTRACT
GENERAL INCOMPLET
The abstract is too The abstract isEincomplete. It is
general. The researchers not informative or descriptive. It
did not specify the lacks the essential parts, such as
explaining how they performed
materials and procedures
the experiment. In addition, the
of their experiment.
researchers also forgot to add
the keywords.
UNCLEAR
The abstract is unclear. It
will be very confusing
for the reader's point of
view espcielly those who
are not expert in their
study field. 
ABSTRACT
 THINGS TO REMEMBER:

Be very sp ecific when Do no t forg et to inclu de all related pieces of Know h ow to cite yo ur
writing you r research literature to y ou r b ack grou nd o f the stu dy to souNumber
rces properly
Number 1 Number 2 3 and
p aper to avo id con fusio n gain more credibility fo r y ou r work . und erstan d y our research
amon g fu ture researchers topic more.
an d readers.