Lesson 6 – 3165

Instructions:

1. Remember, there are Original research articles that are based on an experiment or study.  Often they follow the IMRAD format: introduction, methods, results, and discussion, and Review articles (literature reviews) are written to bring together and summarize the results/conclusions from multiple original research articles/studies. This analysis will be performed in a research study, you may copy and paste the responses.
2. Find the Research Problem/Hypotheses: Often authors will refer to the purpose of the study.  This is often articulated in the abstract, introduction, or background.
3. Find the purpose statement?
4. Find the study design?
5. Identify the participants. How were these chosen?
6. Identify the control group.
7. Identify the intervention?
8. outcomes (what was measured).
9. What were the results?
10. Where are the hypotheses rejected or accepted?
11. Limitations.

Follow this criteria:

1. Identify Problem/Hypotheses
2. Description of criterionIdentify purpose statement,
3. Identify study design,
4. Identify the participants. How were these chosen?
5. Identify the control group.
6. Identify the intervention?
7. Identify outcomes (what was measured)
8. Identify the results
9. Was the hypothesis accepted or rejected
10. Description of criterionIdentify limitations.