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Summarizing a Research Article: Worksheet

This worksheet will help you learn how to cite, analyze, and summarize a scholarly research article.

Step 1: Select a Research Article

Many types of research articles are published in scholarly journals and on government and organizational websites, including quantitative studies, qualitative studies, and mixed methods studies. In general, research articles have the following characteristics:
• report original, or primary, research
• include distinct sections that reflect the stages of the research process, usually the following sections in the following order:
o Introduction: description of the purpose of the investigation and the issues being reported, review of the background literature, and study objectives and/or hypotheses
o Method: full description of each step of the study, including the materials used, procedures followed, research design, andparticipants
o Results (quantitative article): report of the results of statistical analyses conducted
o Findings (qualitative article): report of the findings using natural language
o Discussion: summary of the study, including any interpretation, limitations, and implications of the results or findings and next steps

Step 2: Cite the Research Article

Once you have selected the research article, create its reference list entry and in-text citation. The reference list entry allows readers to identify and retrieve the work, and the in-text citation serves as a simple and consistent way to refer to the article during the research and writing process. Get Exceptional Assignment Help for all forms of Assignments.