What approach does the author take to provide evidence for this argument?

1. What is the research question?
2. What is the central argument?
a. What is the central outcome (dependent variable) of interest the
author is trying to explain?
b. What is(are) the central independent variable(s) of interest the
author argues drives this outcome?
3. What approach does the author take to provide evidence for this
argument? What is the research design?
4. How could the work be made better? What is your opinion on the
findings?
5. Further Questions or Questions for Discussion?
To re-iterate, these memos are not intended to be heavily work-intensive, but to
help structure your reading and guide your understanding of the reading. Please
keep responses to 1-3 as brief as possible (1-2 sentences or even bullet points)
and focus your time more on putting careful thought into 4 and 5 (2-4
sentences)

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