Throughout this course, you have been building and refining your data literacy skills.

Throughout this course, you have been building and refining your data literacy skills. You have practiced identifying quality research studies, analyzing research studies, and planning for research design. All of these skills prepare you to critique research studies. For clarification on addressing any of the items below, use your Soomo webtext chapters.

In Project Two, due in Module Eight, you will critique a research study from the list provided on a psychology-related topic that most interests you. For this milestone, you will select the study you will critique and address the criteria below in preparation for submitting your project.

Prompt

Select a research study from the list provided in your Soomo webtext. For your milestone, you must address the rubric criteria listed below:

Select a peer-reviewed journal article and describe its relevance to you personally or professionally in about 50 to 75 words.

Describe the purpose of the peer-reviewed journal article in about 25 to 50 words.

Identify the major methodological design of the peer-reviewed journal article in about 25 to 50 words.

Identify strengths and weaknesses of the specific measurement used to operationalize one of the key variables in about 50 to 100 words.

Identify the key variables and how they were operationalized in the study (i.e., what measures were used) in about 100 to 150 words.

What to Submit

You will use your Soomo webtext writing template to complete the milestone and download for submission. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

QUESTION 2:

Overview

Articles are written to inform, misinform, influence, or misdirect, among other reasons. Sometimes they serve as nothing more than a vehicle for an author to achieve fame, notoriety, and wealth. You should never take at face value the elements of any article you read, but you should be able to:

Differentiate between fact and opinion

Recognize and evaluate author bias and rhetoric

Determine cause-and-effect relationships

Determine accuracy and completeness of information presented

Recognize logical fallacies and faulty reasoning

Compare and contrast information and points of view

Develop inferential skills

Make judgments and draw logical conclusions

When writing an article critique, you will need to summarize, evaluate, and offer critical comment on the ideas and information that the author(s) presents in the article.

Starting in Module Two, you are assigned two articles to read, which are located in Module Resources for that specific module. You have to select one of the two articles and write a critique of it. In your paper, cite any and all information taken from the article or any other references used. Your goal should be to read and understand the article, analyze the findings or arguments, and evaluate and comment on the article.

Reading the Article

Allow enough time to understand it.

Read the article without taking notes to gain an overall picture of its main idea.

Read the article again analytically highlighting important ideas and making brief notes of the main ideas and main topic.

Main Elements

Be sure to address the following within your article critique:

What is the issue that the article is specifically addressing? Is this a significant problem or issue related to the concepts and theory in this course? Why or why not?

What references did the author use in this article?

Did the article contain research? What data was used? What instruments, if any, were used to collect data?

What were some of the conclusions, if any, to the research in this article?

Was the article reliable and valid? Explain.

Was this article well written? Thoughtful and reflective?

What were the limitations in this article? Any variables?

Any other thoughts, comments?

What to Submit

Written components of projects must follow these formatting guidelines when applicable: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and discipline-appropriate citations. Page length should be 2-3 pages, not including cover page and resources.