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Article : Stress, Coping, and Internet Use of College By Scott Deatherage, MS; Heather L. Servaty-Seib, PhD; Idil Aksoz, BA
Complete the Journal Citation in APA format only.
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. Save article and Citation in a word document and upload to me here. In the document also include the link to the article.
This is step one in Journal Research. Thanks.
The assignment should be submitted in this order.
Remember ONLY ARTICLES OVER past 5 years.
Format of the assignment below:
EVALUATING RESEARCH
A. Critical Thinking Questions
All questions need to be answered.
1. Initial observations: The idea
1. What idea or theory underlies this study?
2. What are some assumptions the researcher is making?
3. Is the idea derived from a larger theory and, if so, is it consistent with that theory?
4. Is the context of the problem being taken into account?
2. The hypothesis
1. Is this a testable (answerable) question?
2. Are there any hidden assumptions in the way the research question is stated?
3. Is the researcher introducing any bias into the study?
3. The method
1. Does this approach make sense to you?
2. Is it logically derived from the theory?
3. If it is a laboratory design, how well does it capture the real world?
4. Are any variables being introduced via the design that may distort the results?
4. The experiment (collecting data)
1. Are the results accurate?
2. Are the results presented in appropriate context?
3. What is NOT being reported?
4. Are these results consistent and expected with what is already known?
5. Are there opposing ways of analyzing the results?
5. Criticism
1. Do these results make sense?
2. Could you generate alternative explanations?
3. What is being presented as factual that may be an opinion or a subjectively-held value?
6. Further studies
1. How do you evaluate different explanations for results?
2. Is one better than another?
3. Can they be synthesized into a new alternative?
B. List 3 specific things that you learned from this article?
C. Citation in APA format ONLY
D. The TEXT of the article copy and pasted here.