Research Article Critique Guidelines. IT should have a separate page for the heading and the reference. 3. Introduction (one paragraph): The introduction should be interesting and capture the reader’s attention. a. Provide a brief description of the research article to be discussed. b. Discuss the purpose of your paper. The purpose statement of the paper should relate to the research article reviewed and the implications that it has to evidence based nursing practice. c. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words 4. Describe the research question for this study in a paragraph.

a. Describe the research in greater detail. b. Include your observations about this question. c. Discuss events or trends that could have affected this question. d. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words 5. Describe the research design of this study, and in your own words discuss the design. a. Discuss the research design of the study. b. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the type of design and hypothesize why the author utilized the design as opposed to others. c. You will need to summarize the information from the article in your own words 6. Describe the sample. a. Briefly describe the sample size used for this study b. Make a judgment as to whether the sample size was adequate and defend your answer. c. Describe the number or participants and determine if the number of participants was adequate compared to the research question and the intent of the study. d. Are these numbers adequate? Discuss gaps in that you identified. e. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words 7. Describe the data collection method(s)’ a. Who collected the data? b. What tools were used? c. What were the ethical considerations addressed and discuss gaps you identified. d. You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words 8. Describe the limitations of the study. a. Identify the limitations within the study

For this assignment, you will select from the APUS Online Library and prepare a written critique of 4 scientific, peer-reviewed psychology research journal articles of your choosing.  

The article critiques paper must:

Be a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 12 full pages, size 12 font, double spaced with 1 inch margins, NOT including the Cover and References pagesHave an APA style cover page and reference page.

Be proofread and contain minimal to no grammar errors, misspellings, incorrect APA formatting, or typographical errorsCover all components denoted in the Critique Outline below 

Article Critique Outline

Below are the major elements required for the peer-reviewed research article critique assignment and their associated point values. Give an overall Introduction and an overall conclusion.  Then, for EACH of the four critiques give these major category headings below including:

IntroductionMethodologyData Analysis (called Results in some articles)Communicating Findings (often called Interpretation in articles).The above headings should be included in for each of your four articles in ONE paper, one file. For example, the first level heading will be entitled Introduction and listed under that heading there should be eight second level headings which are included in the rubric below.  

If the article being critiqued is missing an element within one or more of the major categories, you should still address it in your critique.  For example, if your article does not discuss certain sources of measurement error you believe the authors might have encountered in a study, you should describe them and their potential impact on the study’s results.

A cover page, abstract and reference page are required.  Make sure that you use APA style to create the cover page for your paper and to format the abstract and reference page. Title the paper as “Article Critiques” on the cover page and in the APA formatted running head. The abstract should be no more than 250 words.