Did the researcher adequately acknowledge the limitations of the research?APA formatting should be used throughout. Any time your paraphrase or directly quote a source (such as your article), in-text citations should be used.
SOCIOLOGY 331

RESEARCH METHODS

Assignment 1: Evaluation of a peer-reviewed article (25 points):

Due no later than 11:55p ET on Sunday of Week 3

Purpose: The purpose of exercise is to conduct a detailed, critical evaluation of the research design, methods and analysis of a study written up and published in a peer-reviewed journal. Students will be using Wolfer’s (2007) critical questions for evaluating written research to evaluate an article; these questions are provided below.

Article selection tips:

– select an article from a peer-reviewed Sociology Journal

– the article should clearly be written about a study the author conducted

o a meta-analysis of multiple studies is not appropriate for this assignment

o secondary data analysis of an existing national data set is OK, but be sure you understand what you are reading

Requirements:

Your evaluation should include

– All sections 1-5,

– 1 section from 6-10 (based on design in your article), and

– 1 section from 11-12 (based on analysis in your article).

This assignment does not have to be written in essay format. You may organize it by section/chapter number, question number with question text, and then your answer. Include the questions so you are sure to respond to each question and not miss any!

APA formatting should be used throughout. Any time your paraphrase or directly quote a source (such as your article), in-text citations should be used. A full APA-formatted reference should be included at the beginning or end of assignment.

Disclaimer
Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
General Reminder: For each response, please provide at least 1-3 sentences to explain or describe, rather than just a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ answer — this will strengthen your review, and provide more a meaningful content to this assignment. These questions are to help guide you in reviewing this peer-reviewed journal article.
1.Title (3 pts) (What’s the title?)

1) Is the title specific enough to differentiate it from other related topics?

2) Do subtitles, if present, provide important information regarding the research?

3) Are the main variables expressed in the title?

4) Are the terms in the title easily understood by most people?

5) Does the title avoid any reference to the study’s results?

6) Overall, is this a good title? Why or why not?

2. Ethical Evaluation (2.5 pts)

7) Are the steps the researcher took to honor ethical responsibilities to individuals clear? Are they appropriate? Are they enough? (Hint: IRB and Human Subject protection)

8) If there were any findings (based on your readings of tables or other means of data presentation) that refuted the researcher’s hypothesis, did he address these findings?

9) If any results were unexpected, did the researcher discuss any explanations for the unexpected effects?

10) Did the researcher adequately acknowledge the limitations of the research?

11) Overall, has the researcher adequately fulfilled his ethical obligations?

3. Literature Review (4 pts)

12) Is the material presented in the literature review relevant to your research interests?

13) Is the special problem area identified in the first paragraph or two of the report?

14) Does the researcher establish the importance of the research problem?

15) Has the researcher been appropriately selective in deciding what studies to include in the literature review?

16) Is the research cited recent? (Hint: Look at the article’s ‘references’ — did they cite other research that are more recent or are these older research?)

17) Is the literature review critical? (Hint: Why or why not?)

18) Is the researcher clear as to what is research, theory and opinion? (Hint: Why or why not?)

19) Overall, do you think this is an adequate literature review? Why or why not?

4. Operationalization and Measurement (5.5 pts)

20) Is the conceptualization suitably specific?

21) Are the definitions productive?

22) How many different dimensions are being measured at once?

23) Are the various dimensions sufficient?

24) Are the actual questions (or a sample of them) provided?

25) Is the response format clear, or, when not already clear, does the researcher provide information on the response format? Is there any information on restrictions in respondents’ responses?

26) If the researcher is using a published instrument, does he or she cite sources where additional information can be found?

27) Has the researcher avoided overstating the preciseness of the measurement?

28) Does the researcher provide some measure of reliability? What type of reliability is established? Do the measures indicate adequate reliability for your purposes?

29) Does the research provide some measure of validity? What measures of validity are presented and are they adequate for your purposes?

30) Overall, is the measurement appropriate and adequate given the research purpose?

5. Sample Strategy (3 pts)

31) Does the research goal lend itself to generalization? Is the broad sampling method appropriate for the research goal?

32) Does the researcher provide information regarding the study population? The sample? (Hint: What are they?)

33) Is the exact sampling method (e.g. simple random, purposive) specified? Remember, it is not sufficient for a researcher to simply state that a sample was selected ‘randomly.’ (Hint: Provide further explanation what method was used)

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