Read the article assigned by your instructor and identify the research questions and/or hypotheses as they are stated. Consider the following questions:
What are the variables (sample sizes, population, treatments, etc.)? What are the inferential statistics used in this article? Were the proper steps of
hypothesis testing followed?
Your article critique paper must
Determine what question(s) the authors are trying to answer by doing this research, the hypothesis being tested, and the concepts that were applied in this
process.
Evaluate the article and critique the statistical analysis employed in the study.
Identify the specific statistical tests used. Were the tests appropriate for the situation and type of data?
Would you have included more and/or different variables? Explain your answer.
Examine the results, assumptions, interpretations, and limitations of the statistical study.
Interpret the findings of the author(s) using statistical concepts.
What would you have done differently? Why?
Discuss how either the statistical test(s) used in this study or the findings of this research might be useful in your future career.