A successful product should respond to the questions listed below, effectively criticize the paper, and outline the research methods and data analysis employed in the selected paper.
Write a point paper that includes the following:
Determine the aim or main objective of the study.
Was a thorough literature review conducted by the authors?
What method of inference was used to make a conclusion?
State the researcher’s hypotheses (if applicable) or the research questions.
Is this basic or applied research?
Determine if there were any issues related to research ethics in the study. If so, how were these ethical issues dealt with, or were they ignored?
What form of research design (e.g., experimental design, survey design) was used in the study?
How had the study been conducted (i.e., sampling strategies and/or data collection procedure)?
What were the variables (dependent and independent) in the study?
What type(s) of data was/were collected?
How was each variable measured or observed?
How was the data analyzed?
Does there appear to be any checks for internal or external validity?
Does the Discussion point out any shortcomings of the study?
Is the Conclusion stated clearly?
Does the Conclusion support or refute a stated hypothesis?
In your opinion, is this research study significant to the field of emergency management, disaster science, or social research?
Is there anything in the literature subsequent to this paper that builds on the study you selected? (Hint – try using Google Scholar)
Your Final Paper should be written in a term paper format (please check the APA format for preparing a technical report, don’t prepare your final paper in the form of simple Q&As) with well-written sentences and standard paragraphs. The paper is recommended to be five to seven pages in length, but the quality is more important. The cover page does not count towards page count. Use Times New Roman 12-font for the text. Use APA style for any references.
