Research Articles
ABSTRACT
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
INTRODUCTION
GOAL: convince reader this is an important problem worth solving
QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
What is the research problem/question/hypothesis? Major concepts and constructs? Previous efforts to solve problem?
provides more substantial description of research question. literature review on previous related research, put this work into context of previous work, (show big picture of what's happening in field), Overview of study design, where data comes from, statistical analysis and glimpse into results
METHODS
clear description of what was done, seperated into collection and analysis, the ingredients and steps in the recipe
clear description of the choices made in the study design, no need to defend or justify, includes references to existing protocols, studies, and statistical methods
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
have study participants been treated with ethical consideration? How were participants selected? Potential for bias?
Participants represent target population? Appropriate statistical methods?
What is the general problem or research question? What is the study design/strategy? (exp., ovserv.)?
What is the primary population being studied? What is the sample size, how sample obtained?
provides information to understand research question addressed, describe how research was preformed and list key results
What is unresolved? Barries standing in the way of solving Modes of investigation? Why is the problem still viable and how might the findings contribute to theory/practice?
RESULTS
a logical presentation of the analysis performed, descriptvie statistics to describe study participants, relationship between exposure and outcome, consider potential confounding variables
DISCUSSION
interpretation of results in context of larger problem and field, implications of result, honest assessment of study, natural next steps or open questions
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