Review the “SAMPLE” Literature Review” material in your Week 7 folder and complete TWO article summaries in preparation for the Literature Review. Be sure to include the following information.
For the research articles you are using in your literature review, you will complete an assignment that requires you to summarize in your own words the most important parts of the articles. Make sure the research articles you are using are full-length journal articles, does NOT date back 5 years, and are not just abstracts. If a required item for the summary is not stated in the journal article, state this in your summary (but double-check this to make sure you are right).
For each of the TWO journal articles, write a summary sheet, double-spaced, using well-organized paragraphs, and in format with the following information. YOU should have completed a two-page document (DO NOT LIST NUMERICALLY) Head the summary sheet with the APA 7.0 reference for the article you intend to use.
Required information:
- State the purpose of the journal article (i.e., hypothesis, objective, or research question)
- What type of research design was used? (i.e., qualitative, quantitative, survey, evaluative, single subject)
- Date data were collected (should not be more than 10 years previous)
- What type of sampling method did the authors use? From what group did they get their sample? How many people participated in the study? What type of people were they?
- What were the study’s findings?
- What were the study problems or limitations? What did you see? Which ones did the authors mention?
