Research Evaluation Form

Research Evaluation Form

(Sources for evaluation should be primary sourcesonly – from a professional journal or publication)

Give the completeAPA Bibliographic citation for source below**(remember:  if the complete article is available on the web, you must include either the doi [if available]; the publisher’s website OR the specific database in Cook where the article appears):

http://www.lib.jmu.edu/help/checkcite/  – James Madison University

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/- Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Answer all questions as thoroughly as possible:

Is this a Qualitative (non-numbers-based) or a Quantitative (numbers-based) study?

Briefly describe what the researcher(s) was trying to find out with this study.

What are the major hypotheses or research questions of the study?

Who were the participants in the study?  Briefly describe the demographic characteristics (age, gender, location of study, number of participants involved).

What instruments are used to collect and measure data (i.e. test results, surveys, interviews, attendance records, etc.)?

What are the findings of the study? (note: here you will need more than a one sentence explanation – this is the “meat” of your paper and you will need to understand what was determined by the results of the research)Remember:  you will find information about the findings that you can understand in the “Discussion” section of the study, thus it’s important that you give a good summary of the study IN YOUR OWN WORDS

What suggestions/recommendations are made by the researcher(s) in terms of applying the findings of the study to society/culture?

How does this study relate to your chosen topic for your research paper?