Write a guided article review as practice for reading scholarly articles to help develop the skill of reading and evaluating scholarly research in order to
support you literature review research project.
After reading the article: Bueno de Mesquita, E. (2005). The Quality of Terror. American Journal of Political Science, 49(3), 515-530., answer the following
questions in complete sentences and in narrative form:
Part 1 – Introduction
What is the title of the paper? What is the name of the author? What year was it written? What journal was the article published in?
What is the author’s thesis? What is the main point of what the researcher is trying to accomplish or prove?
What are the author’s findings and conclusions? (Explain this as if you were trying to explain the article to your friends and family.
Part 2 – Literature Review
Very briefly describe any key concepts or theories discussed in the literature review section of the paper.
Part 3 – Methods
Is the research qualitative or quantitative? If the research is qualitative, what are the main themes of the research? If the research is qualitative, what is
are the independent variables, dependent variables, and hypotheses?
What data did the author use to support his or her findings? What methods of analysis did the author use to support his or her findings?