Writing Portion Article Analysis 

Things to Remember

KEEP YOUR WRITING SIMPLE... Just answer the question they ask

• Research Methods

  • Experiment

    • Variables... Experimental Group...Control Group

  • Case Study

  • Correlation (Relationship between)

  • Observational Study

  • Survey Study

  • Meta-Analysis (Combination of studies)

• Ethical Guidelines

  • Informed consent... Institutional Review Board (IRB)

• Generalizability

  • How well could this relate to the actual population

  • If it's 63 college kids in the participant group... not generalizable to the overall population

• Difference in means

  • Look for the differences in the groups

  • Ex: The experimental group scored much higher on the assessment than the group that....

• Part F

  • They will give you a claim or advice to support or refute... Support or refute the advice very simply with the evidence from the study