Lifetime Trauma Exposure Paper
Assignment:
Student Worksheet: Analyzing a Journal Article (100 points)
(Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response for each question. Please label the step and the letter).
In the article, ignore the graphs or statistics but focus on the word content and what is understandable. Expect to read the article 3 times. Now, answer these questions:
Step 1. What is the title of the journal article, names of the authors, name of the journal in which it was published, volume, number and name? Please write in an APA format. (10 points)
Last name of author, First initial of author, Middle initial of author. (Year). Title of the article. Name of the journal, volume (number), page numbers.
Reference Citation (APA Format): Glass, K., and Flory, K. (2020). Are symptoms of ADHD related to substance use among college students? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 12(3), 233-249.
Please attach your article from PsyArticles with this worksheet or you may use a link (10 points)
Step 2. What is the purpose/hypothesis/aim/objective of the study?
- Write down the exact statement in which the authors describe what they were testing. (Hint: This information may be provided in the article as a purpose statement or as a hypothesis). Include quotation marks around the exact wording and indicate page number(s). Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
For citing information (APA Format)
For one author with a quotation: Warren (2020) reported that over 2,000 stem cells are available for research (p. 722).
For more than one author with a quotation: Warren et al. (2020) reported that over 2,000 stem cells are available for research (p. 722).
If summarizing an idea from your article: Eliminate quotation marks and page numbers: Stem cells are currently available for research (Warren, 2020).
b. Now describe the purpose of the study (as you understand it) in your own words. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
c. What was the gap in the research that the authors were trying to fill by doing their study? Please use your own words. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
Step 3. What is/are the major finding(s) of the study?
a. Make some notes about the authors major conclusions or findings as written in the article. Include quotation marks whenever you use their exact wording and indicate page number(s). Please use your own words and APA citation format Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
b. Now write those conclusions (as you understand them) in your own words. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
Step 4. How did the authors test their hypothesis?
a. Who were the participants? Were they paid? Try to explain in your own words as much as possible. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
b. What test/s (measures) did they use? How did the authors analyze their data (procedures)? Please use your own words. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
c. Do the authors suggest any problems or limitations with their methodology? Do you see any problems or limitations with their methodology? Please use your own words. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
Step 5. How reliable are the results?
a. What are the results? Do authors suggest any problems with the study that could lead to unreliable results? Please use your own words. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
Step 6. Based on your analysis, are the claims made in this journal article accurate?
a. What is the conclusion(s)? Do the conclusions made (about the results) by the author make sense to you? Are the conclusions too broad or too narrow based on what was done in the study? Please use your own words. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
b. Based on the accuracy of the methodology and the reliability of the results; do you think the conclusions can be believed? Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
Step 7. What is the importance of this scientific work?
a. Write (in your own words) the significant contributions of the experimental work in this journal article as reported by the authors. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
b. Re-read your notes and explain why you think this is a strong or weak scientific study Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
Step 8. What is the most important bit of information that you learned about yourself as a learner, writer, or researcher? Please explain Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
Step 9. After reading your journal article, do you now feel more prepared in having the skills to recognize research bias and to critically think about, analyze and apply the information that you have learned? Why or why not, please explain? Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
Step 10. Do you feel better prepared to apply basic scientific principles such as theory, hypothesis, correlational research -naturalistic observation, lab observation, case study, survey – and experimental research to understand the meaning of data that you might hear or read about? Please explain. Please give at least a 2-4 sentence response (5 points)
