Critique a reseach article “RNA-Seq: a revolutionary tool for transcriptomics”
This has been taken from: http://web.csulb.edu/~arezaei/ETEC551/critiqueguide.htm
Remember the critique must be two double-spaced pages maximum. References do not count towards the
page count.
Following is the list of criteria to evaluate (critique) a research article. Please note that you should first
summarize the paper and then evaluate different parts of it.
Click here to see an example (this is how you start) of a research critique.
Hint
The following list is a guide for you to organize your evaluation. It is recommended to organize your evaluation
in this order. This is a long list of questions. You should address highlighted questions
Introduction:
Problem

1. Is the educational significance of the problem discussed?
   Review of related Literature
2. Is the review comprehensive?
3. Are all cited references relevant to the problem under investigation?
   Hypotheses
4. Are specific questions to be answered listed or specific hypotheses to be tested stated?
   Methods:
   Subjects
5. Is the method of sample selection described one that is likely to result in a representative, unbiased sample?
   Instruments
6. Is instrument validity discussed and coefficients given if appropriate?
7. Is reliability discussed in terms of type and size of reliability coefficients?
   Design and Procedure
8. Is the design appropriate for answering the questions or testing the hypotheses of the study?
   Results
9. Are appropriate descriptive or inferential statistics presented?
   Discussion (Conclusions and Recommendation)
10. Is each result discussed in terms of the original hypothesis to which it relates?
11. Is each result discussed in terms of its agreement or disagreement with previous results obtained by other
    researchers in other studies?
    Additional general questions to be answered in your critique.
12. What is (are) the major finding(s)?
    Additional links on how to write a critique:
    http://www3.botany.ubc.ca/rieseberglab/plantevol/critique.pdf
    https://www.uis.edu/ctl/wpcontent/uploads/sites/76/2013/03/Howtocritiqueajournalarticle.pdf