science writing

 Guide your analysis and review by the following questions  

1) What is the purpose of this article? What is your evidence for suggesting this is the purpose?
2) List and discuss briefly 2 to 3 articles representing some of the prior research on which this study is based (hint: see the lit review)
3) What is the significance of the study?
4) Explain/describe the artifact(s) that is the subject of this article.
5) Consider the Hevner et al. (2004) article (Table 2). What evaluation methods do the authors use?
6) Based on the evaluation and methodology, what did the authors accomplish with this research effort?
7) Do the authors present recommendations for future research and studies that build on the topics addressed in this article?
8) What other design approach do you think the authors could have taken?
9) What do the authors do well with this article?
10) What problems do you see with the article (e.g., problem definition, data collection, literature, conclusions)? Why do you think these are problems?
11) Think about alignment of the problem, questions, and findings. How well do the research results, as determined by the evaluation, support the problem and/or research questions?