1. You will review qualitative research.  The topic is up to you as long as you choose a  peer-reviewed, academic  research piece.  I suggest choosing a topic that is at least in the same family as your expected dissertation topic so that you can start viewing what is out there. You must submit original work, however,  and a paper that returns a large percentage of copy/paste to other sources will not be accepted.  (Safe Assign will be used to track/monitor your submission for plagiarism. Submissions with a Safe Assign match of more than 25% will not be accepted.)  Please use APA formatting and include the following information: Introduction/Background:  Provide context for the research article.  What led the author(s) to write the piece? What key concepts were explored? Were there weaknesses in prior research that led the author to the current hypothesis or research question? Methodology:  Describe how the data was gathered and analyzed.  What research questions or hypotheses were the researchers trying to explore? What statistical analysis was used? Study Findings and Results:  What were the major findings from the study? Were there any limitations? Conclusions:  Evaluate the article in terms of significance, research methods, readability, and the implications of the results.  Does the piece lead to further study? Are there different methods you would have chosen based on what you read? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article in terms of statistical analysis and application? (This is where a large part of the rubric is covered.)  References     2. You will review quantitative research.  The topic is up to you as long as you choose a  peer-reviewed, academic  research piece.  I suggest choosing a topic that is at least in the same family as your expected dissertation topic so that you can start viewing what is out there.  There are no hard word counts or page requirements as long as you cover the basic guidelines.  You must submit original work, however,  and a paper that returns as a large percentage of copy/paste to other sources will not be accepted.  (Safe Assign will be used to track/monitor your submission for plagiarism. Submissions with a Safe Assign match of more than 25% will not be accepted.)  Please use APA formatting and include the following information: Introduction/Background:  Provide context for the research article.  What led the author(s) to write the piece? What key concepts were explored? Were there weaknesses in prior research that led the author to the current hypothesis or research question? Methodology:  Describe how the data was gathered and analyzed.  What research questions or hypotheses were the researcher trying to explore? What statistical analysis was used? Study Findings and Results:  What were the major findings from the study? Were there any limitations? Conclusions:  Evaluate the article in terms of significance, research methods, readability and the implications of the result.

1. 1. You will review qualitative research. The topic is up to you
as long as you choose a
peer-reviewed, academic
research piece. I suggest choosing a topic that is at least in the
same family as your expected dissertation topic so that you can
start viewing what is out there. You must submit original work,
however, and a paper that returns a large percentage of
copy/paste to other sources will not be accepted. (Safe Assign
will be used to track/monitor your submission for
plagiarism. Submissions with a Safe Assign match of more than
25% will not be accepted.)
Please use APA formatting and include the following
information:
Introduction/Background: Provide context for the research
article. What led the author(s) to write the piece? What key
concepts were explored? Were there weaknesses in prior
research that led the author to the current hypothesis or research
question?
Methodology: Describe how the data was gathered and
analyzed. What research questions or hypotheses were the
researchers trying to explore? What statistical analysis was
used?
Study Findings and Results: What were the major findings from
the study? Were there any limitations?
Conclusions: Evaluate the article in terms of significance,
research methods, readability, and the implications of the
results. Does the piece lead to further study? Are there
different methods you would have chosen based on what you

2. read? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article in
terms of statistical analysis and application? (This is where a
large part of the rubric is covered.)
References
2. You will review quantitative research. The topic is up to
you as long as you choose a
peer-reviewed, academic
research piece. I suggest choosing a topic that is at least in the
same family as your expected dissertation topic so that you can
start viewing what is out there. There are no hard word counts
or page requirements as long as you cover the basic
guidelines. You must submit original work, however, and a
paper that returns as a large percentage of copy/paste to other
sources will not be accepted. (Safe Assign will be used to
track/monitor your submission for plagiarism. Submissions with
a Safe Assign match of more than 25% will not be accepted.)
Please use APA formatting and include the following
information:
Introduction/Background: Provide context for the research
article. What led the author(s) to write the piece? What key
concepts were explored? Were there weaknesses in prior
research that led the author to the current hypothesis or research
question?
Methodology: Describe how the data was gathered and
analyzed. What research questions or hypotheses were the
researcher trying to explore? What statistical analysis was used?

3. Study Findings and Results: What were the major findings from
the study? Were there any limitations?
Conclusions: Evaluate the article in terms of
significance, research methods, readability and the implications
of the results. Does the piece lead into further study? Are there
different methods you would have chosen based on what you
read? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article in
terms of statistical analysis and application? (This is where a
large part of the rubric is covered.)
References