ASSIGNMENT
Select an article from the print (papers or news/popular magazines) or electronic (online) media which describes a research study. The article needs to be one published or posted after (or during) January 2022. The study should be in the human sciences (ex., medicine, psychology, etc.),
Discuss the following questions:
1)What type of study is described (correlational, experimental)? Provide a rationale for your answer.
2)Who were the subjects and how were they selected (random sample or not)? How might the sampling strategy affect generalizability? If it doesn’t say how subjects were selected, how might this effect your interpretation of the findings?
3)How were the variables operationalized (defined for the purposes of the study)? Does it seem like a reasonable approach (is it a good way to measure the phenomenon)? What problems/limits may be associated with this approach?
4)Do the conclusions seem justified based on the study design? Have the data been manipulated to make a stronger (and possibly less accurate) statement about the results? Is cause being inferred when the study design does not allow the authors to draw that conclusion?
5)Does the brief article accurately reflect what is presented in the longer journal article? Is the science really well-represented in the more “popular media” (short article)? Did you have enough information with just the brief article alone to feel confident in the conclusion?
