Description

For this assignment, you will choose two articles that make an association or causal claim. These articles must be empirical.

NO REVIEW OR META-ANALYSES CAN BE USED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Read through each article carefully and write a summary of each article.

Write about the articles in everyday language, explaining the theory each was testing, the method used, the most important results, and the main points in the discussion. Be very careful not to plagiarize at this stage (please reread the course resources on academic integrity (plagiarism) and the APA guide on paraphrasing).

PART 1

Write 250 words for each summary (for a total of 500 words following this organizational structure:

1. A description of the article’s purpose and main hypotheses
2. A clear statement of the study’s design: Experimental or correlational?
3. A methods paragraph in which you mention each key variable in turn
4. A paragraph in which you describe the main

PART 2

In 500-600 words for each article (1,000-1,200-words total), evaluate each of your articles using the four big validities.

For each article, work through the four big validities in turn, indicating whether the article does a good or bad job on each front. As you write, keep in mind that you are demonstrating your mastery of this material! Show that you know how to ask questions about each of the four validities. Demonstrate that you know what the answers to these questions mean.

Finally, show that you understand what it means to prioritize validities as you interrogate a study.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.