List the article reference in APA format. What type of research study is this (Ex: longitudinal, experimental, correlational, etc.)? What was the general purpose of the study (what is the research question the authors are trying to answer)?
Look at a research article and Answer 13 questions
Use Google Scholar to search for a primary research article on your topic of “Exercise and Cognitive Function.” Choose a primary research article related to your topic from a peer-reviewed journal. All the listed questions are in the File below.
Research Article Summary
- 1. List the article reference in APA format.
- 2. What type of research study is this (Ex: longitudinal, experimental, correlational, etc.)?
- 3. What was the general purpose of the study (what is the research question the authors are trying to answer)?
- 4. How does answering the research question(s) add something new to what is already known?
- 5. Is the study a replication (has the same study been done before)? If so, why is that important?
- 6. What population are the subjects from?
- 7. List in order the methods of the study (please do not copy and paste from the article).
- 8. What were the outcome variables (dependent variables) that were measured and used for analysis?
- 9. What were the results? Were they statistically significant? Were they practically significant?
- 10. What does the author(s) conclude?
- 11. How do you think the results can be applied?
- 12. What do you think important limitations to the study design are?
- 13. What particularly interesting andlor valuable information did you learn from reading the article?