Research Evaluation Form
Use this form for both your individual and Learning Team article reviews.
Name(s): ______________________________________________
Quantitative study: __________ Qualitative study: _____________
Location of Researcher’s Observation or Experiment
None _________ Home ________ Clinic _________ Lab __________
Residential facility _________ School _________ Hospital _________ Other __________
Were children involved? Yes _____ No ______ If your answer is yes, how many? _________
Introduction
Research hypothesis or research questions/problem behaviors: ________________________
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Operational definitions:
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Consider the following questions:
Is the need for the study clearly stated in the introduction?
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Were the research questions and hypothesis clearly stated? Note that research questions are often presented implicitly within a description of the purpose of the study section.
Review of literature as relevant to the study: _________________________________________
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Method
Sample size (total): ________________ Size per group or cell: _______________
Consider the following questions:
_______ Were the methods described so that the study could be replicated without further information?
Subjects
_______ Were subject recruitments and selection methods described?
_______ Were subjects randomly selected? Were there any biases in sampling?
_______ Were the samples appropriate for the population to which the researcher wished to generalize?
_______ Were characteristics of the sample adequately described?
_______ Are two or more groups being compared? Are they shown to be comparable on potentially confounding variables? If they are not comparable, is this incomparability handled properly?
_______ Was informed consent obtained?
_______ Was the size of the sample large enough for the number of measures and for the effect being sought?
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