Assignment 4

Assignment 4

Research Paper Critique

Choose a paper from your research area and write a brief two page critique. Be sure your critique answers the following questions:

What are researchers trying to find out?

Why is this research important?

What things are measured?

What were the results?

What do the authors conclude and to what do they attribute their findings?

Can you accept the findings or shortcomings of the method used to support the findings?

How this research relates to your own problem?

Justify your opinions as carefully as you can. As part of the answers to these questions you should summarize the proposed method and the results achieved. The answers should be substantially your own writing, not quotes, paraphrases, or illustrations from the paper.

Assigned: September 21, 2000

Due: September 28, 2000