Article Summary Assignment instructions
Overview
Reading and critiquing research articles is essential for nutrition graduate students. Critiquing research articles will grant students the opportunity to utilize critical thinking skills. In addition, students will be able to apply their knowledge of research methods gained in the course. Students are to select an original research peer-reviewed article that uses the assigned method. This assignment will allow students to review and select an article that will support the research proposal. Students will read the article carefully, then write an analysis of the article as described below. The instructor is looking for substantial, thoughtful, and critical analysis of each article.
Instructions
Components of the Article Summary:
Introduction
- Author’s Name & Title
- Research question, objectives, purpose, or problem statement
- Type of research design
- Independent and dependent variables
- Sampling technique(s) utilized
- How they manipulated the independent variable
- How they collected the dependent variable
- What statistical analyses was utilized
Critique
- Strengths and limitations of study
- Was the article clear, relevant, and accurate? (Include examples from the article to support your critique)
Conclusion
- Summary or overview of the article and key findings
- Student’s thesis statement that describes your analysis summary (Write in your own words.)
- Significance of the research or a statement of the need for future research in the field
- Reference for article
Article Summaries should be least 2 double-spaced pages (a minimum of 600 words).Students should include at least two in-text citations and credible references (e.g., textbook, government publication, research article, etc.).All citations must be consistent with AMA formatting style guide.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
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