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This is a New Zealand paper so try find a New Zealand paper dated before 2012
(Have included an article if stuck but can find your own as long as it has to do with social work)
This assignment will include:
• Your written review with appropriate citation and references in APA format. (The prescribed page limit includes the references.) The page limit is about 4 pages.
• A copy of the related research article.
This assignment should be written in Times New Roman size 12 font, with 2.5 cm margins at each side. It should be written double-spaced, except for the references, which should be single-spaced. Proper grammar and spelling should be used; bullet points are not appropriate.
For this assignment you will review a quantitative research article (it could be mixed-methods, as long as it uses at least one quantitative data collection methodology and at least one statistical analysis). This will entail describing and critiquing the research design and methodology.
Template:
Title of your critical essay.
Article title: Title of the research article.
Part 1:
Summary of the research article:
• Identify the topic area of the research.
• What was the theoretical framework underpinning the research (or state if none was explicit)?
• What type of research design did the authors use?
• What were the key questions or hypotheses that the researchers set out to investigate?
• Who were the subjects in the research?
• What were the sampling method(s) and number(s) of participants? Do you think these were appropriate sampling methods and sample sizes to address the researchers’ question(s)?
• What methods were used to gather the data? Were the methods well chosen? Why or why not?
• What data were collected? Do you think that additional or different data should have been collected? Why or why not?
• What type(s) of data analyses were used? Do you think these analyses were the most appropriate ways to address the research question(s) or hypotheses? Why or why not?
• What were the primary results of the research? Did they support the researchers’ hypotheses?
• Indicate whether the results included table or figures, and discuss whether the presentation format(s) were good choices for communicating the results in a clear and meaningful way.
• Were you able to derive a clear understanding of magnitude(s) in the results (e.g. proportions, changes, contrasts, or correlations), and did the portrayal of magnitude seem meaningful and/or useful?
• Any other comments regarding the strengths and limitations of the research?
• Were you able to tell whether the researchers’ measures have good reliability and validity?
• Do you think the research was carried out ethically? Why or why not?
• Would additional or alternative methods have made this research better? Are there likely reasons why these other methods would not have been appropriate (ethical reasons, cost, time constraints)?
• What do you think researchers in this area should do next?
This section should be about 3 – 3 ½ pages long.
Part 2:
Moving from critique to practice:
• Discuss how would you incorporate the information you obtained from this article to inform your practice.
This section should be about ¾ of a page long.
Part 3:
References:
The research article of focus in this assignment and any other supporting documentation should be cited and referenced in APA format on a new page at the end of the body of your document above. It should have the heading “References”.
When you are writing your review and critique, you should use citations to support your evaluative comments and opinions. These can include documents found in the readings of this course, or other sources in the library. For example, if you think something was done in a manner that was ethically questionable, explain your concerns with reference to the SWRB Code of Ethics or other ethics documents.
