Critically analyse two recent empirical articles (attached below) on the same topic but giving a different slant.
Content:
– Abstract ( *145 – 150 words )
– Introduction ( Introduce the term. Define aim of essay. Plan of the essay. *150 – 170 words )
– Summary of each article ( Aim of the research/article, hypothesis that they are going to test, what methods have they used. For example – how many participants, any specific participants, any age group, any measures they have used. Main findings of the article. *500 words )
– Compare and Contrast
( Strength of each study
Weakness of each study
Similarities in each study
Differences of each study. * 600 – 700 words )
– Implication ( Find 5 extra articles, same kind of article that have the same topic, give suggestion ( For example, any programme to help? ), compare the articles, talk about it ( For example, the difference stands of the articles ) * 600 – 700 words )
– Conclusion ( * 100 words )
– References
*Critique all sections of the study with more focus on the introduction, methods, and discussion, and less so on the results/analyses section.
*Use in-text citation for the articles