Your final assignment is an academic research-article critique. The purpose of this critique is to ensure that you know how to read and critically assess research for use in your own research, understand social problems in society, support decision making in public policy, or to influence one’s own individual research.
For this final assignment, read and critically the journal articles titled “An Investigation of
the Influence of the Spatial Distribution of Neighborhood Violent Crime on Fear of Crime” (article uploaded)
Next, apply the methods detailed in Using a Scientific Journal Article to Write a Critical Review (see link and file attached) https://guides.lib.uoguelph.ca/c.php?g=708045&p=5041271 to critique the article you selected. At a minimum, the critique should include the following information:
**Introduction (about two pages): Summarize the article you chose, including the purpose of the study, the methodology utilized, the results obtained, and the conclusions drawn by the author(s) utilizing questions posed in the reading. Utilize questions posed in the “Analyze the Text” section of Using a Scientific Journal Article to Write a Critical Review (see above link for website) to develop this section.
**Body (about five pages): Highlight the quality of the research article (both the strengths and weaknesses) as expressed through each section of the paper (i.e., introduction, methods, results, discussion, overview). Use questions posed in the “Evaluate the Text” section of “Using a Scientific Journal Article to Write a Critical Review (Use above website link)” to develop this section. Follow the “Evaluate the Text” prompts and include the following:
Critique whether the researcher used the appropriate and ethical application of research methods in relation to their research goals.
–Assess whether the application of quantitative methods approaches, qualitative methods approaches or a combination (mixed methods) was appropriate in the article research.
–Interpret data and empirical findings in the research through an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses.
–Examine the role of the research design in the article by defending or critiquing the research method based on your assessment.
–Support the impact of the research by determining if it benefits social policy, theoretical knowledge, or both.
**Conclusion (about three pages): Discuss the significance of the research. Utilize questions posed in the “Establish the Significance of the Research” section of Using a Scientific Journal Article to Write a Critical Review (See above website link.) to develop this section. Must be 10 pages in length (not including title and reference page) Must be in APA 7th edition format. Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course textbook. This is the textbook source please google it I cant upload the whole book: Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (5th ed.). Sage
Must use this link–https://guides.lib.uoguelph.ca/c.php?g=708045&p=5041271 to answers the questions posed in the Introduction, Body and Conclusion of this paper in addition to the journal article attached
