IAFF 2040 International Relations Research
Include page number from your paper in your answers to all questions except 8, 13, 20, 22.
I. ABSTRACt
1) Cite study here according to APSA style
2) Indicate the following according to the abstract:
a. Purpose:
b. Major concepts, variables:
c. Source of data:
d. Major findings:
e. Conclusion(s):
If any one of these is missing, revise the abstract to include them and paste below.
II. PURPOSE and LITERATURE REVIEW
3) What is the purpose of the study? Is it clearly stated? If not, how would you state it?
4) How does the paper make the case for the necessity for the study?
5) What are the hypotheses or research questions? Are they clearly stated? If not, how would you state them?
6) Does the paper include the following? If yes, indicate what they are.
a. How major concepts are defined and/or measured in the literature
b. Contrasting views or contradictory findings in the literature about phenomena at hand
c. Gaps in in the literature
III. METHODS
7) What was the data collection method and data collection instrument(s)?
8) We covered four different types of research design in Lectures 3 and 4. Indicate design of this study and whether researcher is seeking causal inference.
9) Identify the dependent and independent variables
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Value range
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10) How was the dependent variable operationalized?
11) What is the major independent variable? How was it operationalized?
12) What is the population of inference? Was it clearly described?
13) What is the unit of analysis?
14) a) Was a sample drawn? If yes, what was the sampling method?
b) Does the paper speak to its representativeness, and adequacy in terms of its size?
IV. ANALYSES
15) Cite one descriptive statistic for each below
a) Statistic describing the sample:
b) Statistic describing the dependent variable:
c) Statistic describing the major independent variable:
16) What is one independent variables with a significant relationship to the dependent variable? Cite the statistic (e.g. F, t etc.) from the paper that shows the significant relationship.
V. FINDINGS and CONCLUSIONS
17) Did the researcher(s) answer or test each research question or hypothesis they listed? What were the finding(s) for each?
18) What are the major conclusions the researcher reaches based on the finding s/he presents?
19) a) Did the researcher speak to the limitations of the study? What are they?
b) Are there limitations to the study that the researcher(s) did not acknowledge? If yes, what are they?
20) What are threats to internal and external validity?
21) Did the paper offer recommendations for further research? If yes, what are they?
22) Think about a follow up study. State a purpose and research questions. Describe what data would be needed for
