Research case study analysis on its purpose and hypothesis

Research case study analysis on its purpose and hypothesis

This is an assignment that focuses on the research case study analysis on its purpose and hypothesis in general. The paper will provide additional information for the paper.

Research case study analysis on its purpose and hypothesis

For this week, we will use one research study article to practice how to read and summarize scientific articles. You will read a research article and write a 2–4 page summary. Your article summary should include the following information:
What was the purpose of the study? What were the research questions/hypotheses? (you can quote the hypotheses but also try to explain the relationships proposed in your own words – you may need to research some terminology).
What sample(s) did the author(s) use for this study?
What were the methods of the study? How was the data collected or generated [Did they survey people at one time or across time? Did they observe behaviors? Did they conduct an experiment? Did they rely on archival data? etc.]? What did they do to analyze the data?) Were the hypotheses supporting or not? What was the overall conclusion?What are the implications of the study? How do the results of this study broaden our understanding of leadership?

Tips

Here are some tips to help you start: The abstract gives an overview of the article; it helps you understand the research foc‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍us/question/hypothesis, general method, and most important results of the study. While you are reading the paper, you can always go back to the abstract as a way to remind you the overall purpose of the study. The literature review/introduction of an article is usually intended first to summarize the existing research about the topic of the paper. Then, second to illustrate why the current study is important and how it can close research gaps. From this section, you will find information on what we already know, what we don’t know and what will be found out from the study.

The method section is very important in a scientific article because it helps the audience to understand under what circumstances the research happened. And it also helps other scholars to replicate the research if necessary. When you are not familiar with some statistical terms, you should not spend a lot of time trying to understand every word in the results section. You should focus on which of the hypotheses are supportive and which are not. The last section of an article designation is usually to draw overall conclusions from the study and describe limitations and implications. This is an important summary section of any article