Please note that the first row of data is meant as an example. Please read the example article (Mok et al., 2022) as a guide for how to dissect each of the four articles assigned. The links to the four assigned articles are found in the Announcements area of our courseroom. These articles change each quarter. Please do not use any other articles. Use only the four articles linked in the courseroom Announcements.
Keep in Mind:
1). This is not merely an assignment for you to find information in an article and copy and paste information into the columns in the below matrix. Read and analyze the authors’ work in each article and evaluate it based on the assigned readings for this course and then offer your evaluation of what you read. You are to offer content in the matrix to reflect that you are an informed consumer of research.
2). There is much variation in published primary research articles and reports. Not all authors will include all the same information, verbatim or at all, based on the headings in the columns below. If that is the case, you will need to offer your own analysis of what the information should be in a logical manner aligned to the other information in the source that is provided. There should be no blank cells in the matrix below.
3). Communicate your input in a manner that is completely scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of an identified field of study, using APA style and formatting, with few or no errors and include a formal APA style reference list. The reference from the example article has been completed for you to use as a model.
Parenthetical Citation
Identify the main concepts; often the “keywords” are helpful for identifying main concepts
Provide the research question(s) and/or hypotheses (word-for-word) and state if the questions/
hypotheses were properly aligned to the research method and design
Conceptual or Theoretical Framework (if not provided, offer your analysis of what framework was applied or what would be a logical one to have applied)
Population description, Sample description, “N=” (number of actual participants)
Research method (approach)