hello, i have a question regarding the article review:
the article i am using is a theoretical article, and it looks at a lot of general pictures with very little number crunching. if the authors are primarily using references to other works to support their argument (like saying "this person's study showed that 10% of these people are likely to ____"), and cites a lot of these types of examples, would i have to include all of them in the "Population from Theory was Developed" section of the article review, even if some of them don't actually go into specifics about the sample/population sizes? or should they even go in that section because the authors did not primarily interact with those populations? thanks!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
In that section, you should note that the authors are using lots of different studies to support their argument, some of which do not include specific population information. If some of the studies they use do include specific information, it would be good to summarize it, though specifying every detail of every study isn't necessary.
Because you mentioned that the authors used other studies "primarily," does that mean that the authors also did a study to support their theory? If so, include the population information for that study, as well.
It is in your best interest to focus primarily on empirical studies for these assignments. It is possible to review theoretical and/or review papers, but as you have discovered, it is more difficult to do so.
Post a Comment