Focus Overview In this activity, you will practice the skill of reading a research study. This activity builds on the Module Two Activity assignment and prepares you for Project Two, where you will cr

Focus

Overview

In this activity, you will practice the skill of reading a research study. This activity builds on the Module Two Activity assignment and prepares you for Project Two, where you will critique a research study.

Each rubric criterion below contains a word-count goal. These are guides to help you respond at the right level of depth and specificity.

Prompt

Summarize the research study’s purpose. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words.

Describe the relevance of the publication dates of the citations referenced for the research study. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words. Consider the following:

Are some of those cited sources recent (relevant to date of publication)?

Identify the type of claim the research study makes. Explain your response. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words. Consider the following:

Is the claim frequency based, association based, or causal?

Describe the research method used in the research study. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words. Consider the following:

Is the research method qualitative, quantitative, or mixed?

Describe the research study’s data collection method. Your response should be about 50 to 100 words. Consider the following:

Possibilities for data collection include surveys, observations, interviews, archive review, objective or biological measures, or some combination of those listed.

Describe the research study’s sample. Your response should be about 50 words. Include the following in your response:

Sample size

Sample characteristics

Describe one type of statistical analysis conducted in the research study. Your response should be about 25 words.

Describe one limitation from the research study. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words.

Describe how this research study could be used in personal and professional practice. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words. Consider the following:

How can the findings from this study be used by people in their work, personal lives, or to help others?

Guidelines for Submission

You will use your Soomo webtext writing template to complete the activity and download for submission. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Module Four Activity Rubric

Criteria

Exemplary (100%)

Proficient (85%)

Needs Improvement (55%)

Not Evident (0%)

Value

Purpose

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Summarizes the research study’s purpose

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the purpose of the study

Does not attempt criterion

8

Publication Dates

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Describes the relevance of the publication dates of the citations referenced for the research study

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the relevance of the publication dates of the citations

Does not attempt criterion

10

Claim

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Identifies the type of claim the research study makes and explains response

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the type of claim the research study makes

Does not attempt criterion

10

Research Method

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Describes the research method used in the research study

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the research method used in the research study

Does not attempt criterion

10

Data Collection

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Describes the research study’s data collection method

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the research study’s data collection method

Does not attempt criterion

10

Sample

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Describes the research study’s sample

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to sample size or sample characteristics

Does not attempt criterion

10

Statistical Analysis

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Describes one type of statistical analysis conducted in the research study

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the type of statistical analysis used in the research study

Does not attempt criterion

10

Limitation

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Describes one limitation from the research study

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to a limitation from the research study

Does not attempt criterion

7

Personal and Professional Practice

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Describes how this research could be used in personal and professional practice

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to how this research can be used in personal and professional practice

Does not attempt criterion

10

Articulation of Response

Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner

Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose

Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability

Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas

10

Citations and Attributions

Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors

Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors

Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors

Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution

5

Total:100