. What is the theory being tested or used in the article? Where originated? Give a few sentences on what the literature review states about the theory. (You can give some information here from the book if the theory is discussed in the book, but make sure you cite the book). 2. What is the research question or hypothesis in this article? (If there is no research question or no hypothesis, describe what the research is about.) 3. Define the variables or concepts that are studied . For each concept or variable, give the definition and how it was measured. List independent, dependent, and control variables. 4. Describe the study’s population and/or sample. How did they gather their sample? What did their sample look like ? Age? Race? Still married or already divorced? 5. Comment on the generalizability of the study, supporting your statements. For example, can their study be generalized to all married or divorced populations? Male and female? Christian/non-Christian? If so, how? If not, why not? 6. What method(s) of data collection were used? What were the advantages and disadvantages of using this method or methods? Did they do a face-to-face interview or did they just observe people in a park? Would different method(s) of data collection been possible or better? 7. Describe the study’s major findings. (Look in the conclusion /discussion section.) What did they find was important? What did they find? 8. What is your reaction to this research? Do you think this study will be useful or helpful to others in some way?
