Briefly describe any descriptive or preliminary analyses conducted.

Introduction
What is the general topic? (1 point)
Why is the study important? (1 point)
Briefly state the justifications for the study (Empirical evidence? Theories?).
(1 point)
4. List the hypotheses and/or research question(s) (1 point)
5. List the variables (IV/DV) being studied (1 point)
Methods
6. Participants – numbers, ages, demographic information. (1 point)
7. Procedures – basically, what they did. (1 point)
8. Instruments – what they used (such as surveys, specific questions in interviews, etc.), and information concerning validity and reliability if given (if not given, clearly say so). (1 point)
Results
9. Briefly describe any descriptive or preliminary analyses conducted. (1 point)
10. For each hypothesis or research question, briefly describe the findings. (1 point.)
Discussion
11. Summarize major findings. (1 point)
12. Briefly highlight the importance of the findings and the main points. (1 point)
Critique
Strengths – describe the strengths of the study considering importance of the topic, methods, findings, and anything else that you find to be a strength of the work. (1 point)
Weaknesses – describe the weaknesses of the study again considering importance of the topic, methods, findings, and anything else that you find to be a weakness of the work. (1 point)
Next steps for this line of research. Assume that the relationships they found are true despite any weaknesses of the study. That is, thinking conceptually, what hypotheses should be investigated next? What studies should be done next in this line of research? (1 point).

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