Chapter 10: Reading, Summarizing, Critiquing a Scientific Research Article
Content
Reading
Summarizing
Critiquing
ideally, all of these should be found in the abstract
essentials - what to look for
results
experimental approach
significance
purpose
First Read
Second Read
Pre-reading
skim the paper, familiarize with key terms - overall purpose
in the follow order : abstract- intro - conclusion
find the purpose, issues, findings, significance
Read entire paper - question the literature, analyze and examine the figures and tables - make notes
Third Read
Study the notes, clarify anything that are unsure of - then read again
RD / approach
results
research in relation to field or industry
discussion of results - methods
purpose
conclusions from exp
significance / implications
weaknesses
improvements
strengths