Decasper article analysis – After reading the posted article (Decaspar and Fifer), complete the article summary worksheet. READ THE ARTICLE ATTACHED AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED IN PARAGRAPH FORM, DO NOT INCLUDE THE QUESTIONS IN THE DOC, ESSAY FORMAT
Article Summary Worksheet
Use this worksheet as a guide for writing your article summary. This is only a tool; you are NOT turning in the worksheet to me. However your summary should answer all of these questions
1)Write down the full citation for the article in APA format.
2) What is the purpose of this article? (Hint: a good title will give you clues; you can also generally find that information in the abstract and start of the introduction)
3) What were the author’s main hypotheses? (Hint: look at the end of the introduction)
4) Who participated in the study? (Hint: this will be in the Method section)
5) What did the participants do in the study? (Hint: also in the method section)
6)Describe the results of the study. Were they consistent with the hypotheses? (Hint: start by looking at the results and then look at the beginning of the discussion section where most authors will summarize the findings in words. Don’t use direct quotes or include specific statistics.)
7)What are the primary conclusions from the paper? What are the theoretical and practical implications of the results? (Hint: this will be in the discussion section)
8)In a few sentences, describe your reaction to the study. Were the results what you expected? What are the strengths of the study? Weaknesses?
