CHORAL RESEARCH: EVALUATION FORM A
Name: ______
Date Submitted: ______
1. Citing the article. Write a bibliographic reference list entry for this articleaccording to the style used in the article (APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). If you are in doubt about the style, one way to determine it is to look at the article’s own reference list/bibliography. Other ways are to consult the “instructions for contributors” or similar section of the journal, or peruse the online style resource links on the course web site.
Type your citation here:
2. Purpose Statement. Encircle in your xeroxed copy of the article its purpose statement. Hopefully, the author was kind to his or her readers and included a sentence like “The purpose of this study is……..” If not, you may need to play detective.
Type the purpose statement here (in the author’s own words):
On a scale of 1(not clear) to 10 (very clear), rate this purpose statement for clarity: Your rating: ______Briefly explain your rating.
List in your view, the strengths and weaknesses of this particular purpose statement:
3. Research Questions. Encircle in your xeroxed copy of the article its research question(s) or hypothesis(es).
Type the research question(s) or hypothesis(es) here:
On a scale of 1 (little relation) to 10 (high relation), rate the research question(s) according to how well it/they logically follow(s) from the purpose statement.
Your Rating: ______Briefly explain your rating.
On a scale of 1 (not specific) to 10 (very specifc), rate the research question(s) according to the degree of specificity it/they contain.
Your Rating: ______Briefly explain your rating.
4. Review of Literature. On your xeroxed copy of the article, mark where the review of literature begins and mark where it ends.
How many sources are used in this literature review? N = ______
On a scale of 1 (not very well) to 10 (very well indeed), evaluate how well this literature review followed the inverted pyramid pattern of moving from generally related to very specifically related studies. Your Rating: ______Briefly explain your rating.
What primary conceptual or methodological points did this review of literature make either by explicit statement or in the arrangement of its materials?
Did you find this review of literature helpful or not helpful for understanding more fully the purpose statement and research question(s) for this study? Briefly explain.
5. Methods Section. Find the Methods or Procedures section of your study and mark on your xeroxed copy where it begins and where it ends.
In your view, did the methods and/or procedures seem appropriate for the specific research questions asked? Can you think of another methodology or procedure that might have been better or equally as appropriate for the specific research questions asked? Please explain.
6. Results Section. Find the Results section of this study and mark on your xeroxed copy where it begins and where it ends.
7. Discussion Section. Find the Discussion section of this study and mark on your xeroxed copy where it begins and where it ends.
8. Answering Research Questions. Rate on a scale of 1(not answered) to 10 (fully answered) to what degree were all research questions answered in the Results and/or Discussion sections? Your rating: ______Briefly explain your rating.
Was any part of any research question not answered? Indicate which.
Did the author over-answer any research questions, or make inferences not based on the data of this study? Give an example.
Did the author relate his or her results to other studies cited in the review of literature?What studies in particular?