Summarize each article in 450 words or more —meaning, no less than 450 words per article summary (summary titles & reference information is not included in the 450-word requirement).
3. Each summary should include a discussion of the goal of the article (what the researchers were trying to do find – what are the article hypotheses?), the literature review (past research), the research methods (the steps taken to conduct the research study –data, population, sampling type, statistical techniques – ANOVA, ANCOVA, Logistic regression, etc.), the results (what they found), and the discussion/conclusions of the research article (were the findings consistent with the hypotheses?, why what they found is important to the particular field of study ,etc.). It is tremendously important to discuss the policy implications/directions for future research/limitations of each article.
4. All pertinent Journal, Article, & Author information (article title, author name(s), journal name, date, journal volume #, issue #, page #s) must be provided in the REFERENCE page.
5. Each article summary should be well written and in NO way mirror the abstract. In other words, paraphrase—read the article and summarize the information using your own words, do not just copy and paste.
6. Do NOT use any quotes—you must paraphrase the information from each article (use your own words).
7. You will only need ONE cover page for the entire assignment, with your name, the class name, and the date.
8. Each subsequent research article summary should be separated from the last by using the “Insert” and “Page Break” feature provided by your word processor (“Insert” function using Microsoft Word).
10. You need to provide a cover page and only use: (a) double-spacing, (b) Times New Roman font, (c) 12 font size, and (d) 1” margins.
11. APA Format is required.
.14. You are required to submit your paper in WORD (or a word processor) format.
