Rubric for Research Critique of Articles 10 points for each article given by instructor
Criteria
Points
1. Key concepts discussed in the introduction of the article
1
2. Identifying and summarizing Hypothesis (including operational definition of variables and relationships among variables) OR Question formulation (including Key concepts identification)
1
3. Description of target population and participants
1
4. Description of research Design
1
5. Description of data collection instrument
1
6. Description of the procedure
1
7. Description of the results
1
8. Do the findings support the hypothesis/respond to question?
1
9. Description of strengths/weaknesses as per author
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
1
10. What is missing? As per your judgment
1
