Select five scholarly articles that you might be considering using in your final project Research Proposal Project. (Head Start Family Advocate) The articles should not be older than five years and must be scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. Then refer to the Week 2 Checklist (ATTACHED) and complete checklist questions for each of the five articles.
Your submission must list the APA reference above each of the article summaries like you would see in an annotated bibliography.
The checklist must be three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style.
Evaluating a Research Article
1. In what journal or other source did you find the article? Was it reviewed by experts in the field before it was published? That is, was the article in a Peer-reviewed publication?
2. Does the article have a stated research problem or question? That is, can you determine the focus of the author's work?
3. Does the article contain a section that describes and integrates previous studies on this topic? In what ways is this previous work relevant to the author's research problem or question?
4. If new data were collected, can you describe how they were collected and how they were analyzed? Do you agree with what was done? If you had been the researcher, what additional things might you have done?
5. Did the author explain procedures clearly enough that you could repeat the work and get similar results? What additional information might be helpful or essential for you to replicate the study?
6. Do you agree with the author's interpretations and conclusions? Why or why not? 7. Is the article logically organized and easy to follow? What could have been done to improve its
organization and readability? 8. Finally, think about the entire article. What is, for you, most important? What do you find most
interesting? What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of this article? Will you remember this article in the future? Why or why not?