Review your instructors comments with regards to your list of references from Unit 2. Use this as a guide to help you summarize your three to five sources — this is due in Unit 4. Each summary must have a reference in the most recent APA format for the article, as well as any other sources cited in your summary.

It is critically important that you also refer to this important document:

Checklist for analyzing research articles

1. Article Reference in the most recent APA format.
2. Locate and restate the hypothesis or purpose of the study/paper: Start by repeating the author(s) names and date the study was published, e.g., Author and Author (2020) hypothesized ….
3. Identify the variables investigated in this study. Remember, independent and dependent variables are generally only used in a true experiment.
4. Describe the participants used in the study, e.g., #, average age, sex, ethnicity (if reported); the methods used to recruit participants; the procedures used to select or assign them to groups; any instruments used to gather data, i.e., surveys and/or experimental manipulations/procedures used to test the hypothesis.
5. Briefly summarize the studys findings/results: Always explicitly state whether the evidence supported the stated hypothesis (repeat the hypothesis).
6. Examine the real-world implications of these findings
7. Note any problems or criticisms of the current study identified by the authors or by you.
8. Were any suggestions for further study noted by the author(s)?

FEEDBACK:

Important and timely questions. Good research 4/5 articles. They are mostly “review” articles which will cover a lot of studies so try not to get overwhelmed with the plethora of information.