Critical Review based on a research paper for Statistics.

For this Critical Review assignment, we must read the paper (Attached) and write 6 Pages of Critical Review based on the Assignment instructions. I have attached 2 files: One is the research paper required for reading. Second is Assignment writing instructions.

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Assignment Writing Instruction
Organization of Your Paper

Your final report should be organized with the following sections and subsections:
 Title page
 Summary
o Research Topic
 What question is the researcher trying to answer?
o Research Methodology
 Briefly answer the who, what, where, when, and how.
o Major Conclusions
 Include author’s recommendations
 Critique
o Purpose
 Is the research problem clearly stated?
o Literature Review
 Is the review logically organized?
 Is the majority of the literature of recent?
o Hypotheses
 What are the hypotheses?
 Are they clearly stated?
 Are they consistent with discussion in the literature review?
o Ethical Standards
 Were the participants fully informed about the nature of the research?
 How was confidentiality guaranteed?
o Operational Definitions
 Are all terms, theories, and concepts used in the study clearly defined?
o Methodology
 Describe the instruments used to produce the data.
 How was the validity, reliability, consistency of the instruments
determined?
 Was a pilot study undertaken?
o Data Analysis/Results
 What 4 statistical procedures were used? What do they do? Which
hypotheses did they applied to?
 What were the significant findings?
o Discussion
 Are the findings linked back to the literature review?
 How well was each hypothesis supported?
 Discuss limitation of the study regarding generalizability.
 What were the recommendations for future research?
o References
 Were all the references accurate?
o Conclusion
 Considering all of the evaluation categories, is the research well or poorly
researched?
Additional Writing Requirements
 Writing Mechanics
o Word document
o Name in the filename
o Summary and Critique 5 to 8 pages total
o Use section headings and subheadings
o Check Spelling, grammar, and punctuation
o No extra words
o No contractions
o No quotes, do paraphrase
o Correct capitalization
o No missing words – Read it again.
o No run-on sentences
o Avoid the use of I, we, me, us
 APA Style
o Title page
o Headings and subheadings
o References and citations
o No running head
o All pages numbered
o Double spaced
o 1-inch margins, left margin aligned and right margin ragged
o Use 12-point Times New Roman font
o No bullets
o Capitalize reference titles first word, first word after colon, and proper nouns

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