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Abstract After reading the abstract what do you expect to learn from the article?
Introduction: Summarize the following in paragraph form. What is the purpose of the study? What is the scope of the study? What is the rational for the study? What is the hypothesis or research question? What key concepts and terms are noted? Is a review of the literature provided?
Methods: Summarize the following in paragraph form. What is the population being sampled? What data collection procedure is presented? What other procedures are described?
Results: Summarize the following in paragraph form. What are the given findings? How was data collected? Are the findings supported by graphs and charts? What does the analysis of data state?
Conclusion: Summarize in paragraph form. What is the summary of the study? What is the conclusion of the hypothesis? What are the questions for future research?
References What are the total number of references used in the study? List two of the references used.