Research Essay: Finding Relevant Secondary Research. (70 Characters)

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Student voting program

Participation in the election

Canada

Evaluation

improvement

Canada

Gender

Inclined towards election

Voting process

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Student voting

Enhancing civic sense

SVP

Student voting program

Indicate the search statement that retrieved the article:

Student voting

Name of database where the article was retrieved:

Google Scholar

Author(s) of the article:

Elevate Consulting

Title of article:

STUDENT VOTE PROGRAM EVALUATION

Publication in which the article was found:

Elevate Consulting

Pageswhere article is located

6,12,15

APA@Conestoga reference for the artcle:

Elevate Consulting (2014). Public program evaluation: A statistical guide. Routledge.

Paraphrase (in your own words) what the article is about (a few sentences) – provide an APA@Conestoga in-text citation:

The report is about the participation of the students in federal general election of Canada. The main objective of this paper is to find out the effectiveness of the student voting program in the election. On the other hand the paper also discusses about enhancement of the civic sense among the  elementary and high school level students (Elevate Consulting ,2014). The main adjective of the Student Voting program is to establish the fact that this kind of program will increase the participation of the students in the election and will results in the enhancement of the civic sense among the students.

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The article is excellent as it directly contributes  about the findings of the mentioned research topic.

Relevance

(Rate the relevance to your topic or research objective)

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Explain your relevance rating for this source:

The rating for this article is excellent as it can be cited for the context of the relevant article. The information regarding survey have been presented in correct manner.

Indicate the search statement that retrieved the article:

Barriers in student voting

Name of database where the article was retrieved:

Google Scholar

Author(s) of the article:

DJ Neri, Jess Leifer, and Anthony Barrows

Title of article:

Graduating Students into Voters

Publication in which the article was found:

Ideas42

Pages where article is located

5,6,8,12

APA@Conestoga reference for the artcle:

Neri, D. J., Leifer, J., & Barrows, A. (2016). Graduating Students into Voters.

Paraphrase (in your own words) what the article is about (a few sentences) – provide an APA@Conestoga in-text citation:

The paper is more inclined towards the psychological aspect of the student voting. There are various behaviour and psychological aspects  those influence the participation of the students in the voting process. The paper is divided into two parts- the decision  by the students regarding the participation in the voting system and  the design principles for the entire system. In the first part eight behavioural factors has been discussed ( Neri, Leifer & Barrows,2016). These eight factors have been categorized into three categories- new voters, identification of the self expression, psychological distance. In the second part of the discussion nine behavioural designs have been discussed those were helpful in overcoming the difficulties in the communication and behavioural barrier of the students in participation of the election program.

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Credibility

(Credibility is determined by the quality of the source and the age of the article)

Source is credible, and up-to-date.

Source is reasonably credible.

The source does not seem credible.

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The article is good as it provides the behavioural aspects of student voting. This paper sees the system from different aspect or attribute which is important.

Relevance

(Rate the relevance to your topic or research objective)

Relevant and appropriate.

Somewhat relevant.

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Explain your relevance rating for this source:

The  article is good as the source has explained behavioural and psychological aspects behind the participation of the students in the voting system.

Indicate the search statement that retrieved the article:

Student voting

Name of database where the article was retrieved:

Online access of UCLA website

Author(s) of the article:

Higher Education Research Institution at UCLA

Title of article:

Voting Behavior Among College Students

Publication in which the article was found:

Higher Education Research Institution at UCLA

Pages where article is located

1,3,4

APA@Conestoga reference for the artcle:

Retrieved from https://heri.ucla.edu/PDFs/pubs/briefs/HERI_ResearchBrief_Politics_Oct_2010.pdf

Paraphrase (in your own words) what the article is about (a few sentences) – provide an APA@Conestoga in-text citation:

The paper is concerned about the student involvement in the presidential election of 2008. The  findings indicates that the involvement of the student was high at 2008 election. The survey had done on the students of UCLA. It has been found out that the voting percentage  was high among the Asian  students in the university. The paper indicates that the sense and responsibility  for giving vote enhance the civic responsibility of the student.

Rating

Excellent 3

Good 2

Weak 1

Credibility

(Credibility is determined by the quality of the source and the age of the article)

Source is credible, and up-to-date.

Source is reasonably credible.

The source does not seem credible.

Explain your credibility rating for this source:

The  article is good as it provides reasonable information about  involvement of the students in the voting system.

Relevance

(Rate the relevance to your topic or research objective)

Relevant and appropriate.

Somewhat relevant.

Not very relevant.

Explain your relevance rating for this source:

The article is good as it shows the voting tendency and participation of the students in the presidential election of 2008. The article is important as it provides information regarding the number of active participation of the students and drives the conclusion from those information.