Week 5 Assignment Critiquing Evidence Template

Name: 

Date:

Directions: 

• Locate the assigned article. The article is available in an announcement posted in preview week and in Week 4. The announcement is titled: 
  • IMPORTANT: Assigned Article for Week 5 Assignment

• Read the required research article, then answer each question about the study in your own words.
• Do not copy and paste information from the article into the worksheet. 
• Correctly cite and reference the assigned article when incorporating it to answer the questions.
• An external scholarly source is required in Section 4 (see below). External scholarly sources used to support answers should be no more than five years old.
• Answer each question with explanation and detail. 

Section 1: Purpose and Design of the Study 

1. What is the purpose of the study? Is it clearly stated?

2. What is the research design? Is this a quantitative or qualitative study?

3. How does the design support the purpose of the study? 

Section 2: Sample 

1. What is the sample size and the population for the study?

2. What are the participant’s key characteristics?

3. What sampling technique was used?

Section 3: Data Collection

1. What data was collected during the study?

2. What was the data collection technique? 

3. Was this form of data collection reliable and valid?

Section 4: Data Analysis

1. What type of data analysis was conducted?

2. What have you learned about this form of data analysis? Use an external source of evidence to support this discussion. 

Section 5: Limitations and Findings

1. What were the limitations of the study?

2. What were the overall findings?

3. What was one interesting detail you learned from reading this study?

Section 6: Application to Practice

1. How can you apply these findings to your practice?

2. Why is it important for you to read and understand research literature?

3. What have you learned from completing the Critiquing Evidence Worksheet?

References: Provide the full APA reference for all in-text citations. Include the permalink after the reference from the Chamberlain Library.