2. What is the purpose of the study?
3. List the hypotheses; then, underline and label the corresponding independent/dependent
variables or predictor/criterion variables. Are there any covariates? If so, name them.
4. What research design is used and why?
5. What type of sampling method is used?
6. What are the names of the instruments (provide a list)? Are the instruments valid and
reliable? Why or why not?
7. Do the author(s) give enough detail regarding the procedure so that the study could be
replicated? How or how not?
8. What type of statistical analysis is used and why?
9. What are the major conclusions of the study? How do they relate to the hypothesis?
10. Do the author(s) suggest any future studies to resolve ambiguities in the present study or to answer questions raised by the present study?
