This will be a brief essay which critically reviews an
academic research article from a choice of eight. This will test learning
outcomes 1 and 2:
1.
Develop critical abilities to appraise quantitative
methods strategies, designs and techniques appropriate to particular research
problems
2.
Develop critical abilities to appraise quantitative
published research findings in criminology. Students are asked to structure
their response by considering key aspects of research design and methodology
covered in the module, and identifiable in the article chosen.
The main questions that students will be expected to address
include:
·
What is the aim of the paper?
·
What literature is drawn upon to support the
argument?
·
What method of data collection was used?
·
What is the overall argument of the paper?
·
What are the strengths and weaknesses of this
paper?
·
How could the research have been done
differently?
·
What ethical issues did the paper raise?
academic research article from a choice of eight. This will test learning
outcomes 1 and 2:
1.
Develop critical abilities to appraise quantitative
methods strategies, designs and techniques appropriate to particular research
problems
2.
Develop critical abilities to appraise quantitative
published research findings in criminology. Students are asked to structure
their response by considering key aspects of research design and methodology
covered in the module, and identifiable in the article chosen.
The main questions that students will be expected to address
include:
·
What is the aim of the paper?
·
What literature is drawn upon to support the
argument?
·
What method of data collection was used?
·
What is the overall argument of the paper?
·
What are the strengths and weaknesses of this
paper?
·
How could the research have been done
differently?
·
What ethical issues did the paper raise?
(Paper I have chosen is attached)
