Article Review: In order to write a review of the research article

Article Review: In order to write a review of the research article you are to use the outline listed below. You need to express some opinions about the adequacy or appropriateness of the author(s)’s effort in each of the main sections. For example, did the literature review consistently set up the research question and point to the gap in the literature that the research is attempting to address. The review should contain the following:

1. Title

2. Article citation in APA 6 format.

3. Introductory section

a. Statement of the problem

b. Explanation of grounding in the research literature

c. Suggestion of possible contribution to knowledge or practice

d. Research hypotheses, questions, or objectives to be addressed

4. Literature review

a. Underlying studies

b. Related studies

c. Critique of previous methods and findings

d. Prior conclusions

e. Applications

5. Research methods and design

a. Quantitative, qualitative, or mixed

b. Design (e.g. experimental, causal-comparative, correlational, meta-analysis, grounded theory, ethnography, case study, etc.)

c. Population and sample

d. Sample selection (type of sampling used)

e. Instrumentation (how data is collected)

6. Data analysis

a. Types conducted, method of statistical analysis

b. Findings

7. Study limitations

8. Conclusions

9. Implications for practice or directions for future research