Data and statistical analysis
What type of data and statistical analysis was undertaken?
How many of the sample participated?
B. Article Critique Summary
Confidence in Results
Do you have confidence in the research findings? (Were there critical flaws in the study’s design?)
Generalizability
Does the study generalize to other people that were not the subject of the research? (For example, elementary school study results being generalized to all human population.)
Were the strengths and limitations of the study including generalizability discussed?
Implications
What does the study mean in the big picture and how does it apply to society in “general”? (How does this study and its results impact society in general?)
Was the significance of the findings discussed?