Reference no: EM134015356
Instructions
Analyze One Peer-Reviewed Article
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is for you to critically analyze a peer-reviewed academic journal article relevant to your research question identified in Assignment 1. This article should be a quantitative or qualitative study that includes the components listed below (research question, hypothesis, sample size characteristics and variables - methodology - and findings). You may use the article analyzed here for Assignment 3.
The completed assignment should be 3 pages (the body of the work, not including the title page or references) and should include:
1) The Research Question of the study. Sometimes you have to infer this; it won't be stated directly. Be sure to put it in the form of a question.
2). Authors' Hypothesis. You may have to infer this as well. For additional understanding of hypothesis development, see Hypothesis Testing And Goodness Of Fit.
3) Clear statement of how this article is relevant to your research project's thesis/research statement/question. Related concepts can be explored through Marketing Research.
4) Sample size and Sample Characteristics (the sample consisted of 2,743 [size] White juvenile defendants accused of murder [characteristics] and 2,689 Black juvenile defendants accused of murder). Information related to sample selection can be reviewed in Sampling Theory.
5). Identification of key Independent Variable(s) and Dependent Variable(s).
6) Key Findings.
7) Identify 1 strength and 1 weakness of study.
Use APA format for citations and references.