1. What is the purpose of the study?

2. Who are the subjects in the study?

3. Based on the purpose of the study, are the subjects the appropriate individuals to provide data for this research study? Why or why not?

4. How was the sample selected? (What strategies were used to recruit the participants into the study?) [NOTE: Please do not make any assumptions. Just include what the authors explicitly state. If the selection process is not explained, please indicate that.

5. What are the dependent variables?

6. How was each dependent variable measured?


7. What are the independent variable(s) (or the personal characteristic variables such as age or gender used as independent variables)?


8. How was each independent variable “manipulated” by the authors of the study? Please use complete sentences and explain in sufficient detail so the process is clear for each independent variable.


9. What is the hypothesis being tested? If more than one, please identify each hypothesis.


10. Discuss the results for each hypothesis.


11. Please identify a specific limitation or future research direction (identified by the authors in the discussion/conclusions section of the paper) upon which you will build your experiment proposal.


12. How will building upon that specific limitation or future research direction make your proposed experimental design different from the experimental design described in this current article you have analyzed?