Section 6 Summary（第1页）

Seary

&forpletisofresearch

&horisreadytodraftthefiions，itisusefultocarefullyevaluatetheresearittingitforreview。，weprovidealistofquestionstosiderwhenfinalizingquantitativeresearch。

Abouttheresearaions

&iheproblemaioobeclearlystatedaedaspartofatheoreticalframework。Helpfulquestionstoaskihefollowing:

&heresearotivatedbytheliteraturereviewyourdisoftheliterature?

&heresearchquestionsulatedandunambiguouslyworded?

&heresearchquestionsappropriateforthetheoreticalframework?

·Whyisthetralresearworthiiforwhythestudyisiingclearlypresented?Forexample:

&udyfillagapiurebyaddressiivelyunderresearchedareaoranunresolvedproblem?

&udyaddressamethodologiobservedinpreviousresearch?

&udyreplicatepreviousresearch?Ifitisapartialrepli，isthedwellmotivated（e。g。，arepliwithadifferentpopulationoflearners，i，orwithdifferentmeasures）?

·Ingeneral，howdtheseresearakeaninaltributiontothefield?

·Horastraintsthattheresearcherhasfaced—suchastime，money，availability，as—impactedtheiion?

·Hastheiionoftheresearchquestionavoidedplagthepartianyphysicalorpsychologiger?Thatis，arethereethicalissuesthatshouldbesidereddiscussed?

Abouttheresearchhypotheses

Theresearchhypotheses（ifany）alsoobeclearlystatedaedaspartofatheoreticalframeworkintheresearchreport。Itisimportaallquaedpapersspecifyhypothesesorpredis。Iftheyareincluded，however，helpfulquestionstoaskihefollowing:

&hehypothesesclearlystated?

·Dothehypothesesclearlyspecifythevariablesthatmightberelated?

&hehypothesesappropriateforthetheoreticalframework?

&hehypothesestestablegivehodsadoptedfortheresearch?

·Willtheresultsleadtothegeionofadditionalhypothesestobetestediresearch?

Aboutdatagathering

&ihowthedataweregatheredshouldalsobesidered。Somehelpfulquestionsinclude:

·Isitclearthattheple（e。g。，random，nonrandom，stratifiedrandom）riategiventhepurposeofthestudy?

·Isitclearthatthemeansfdatariatefortheresearchquestion?

·Wasevideyayoftheisprovidedieup?

·Issuffiddetailedinformatiohow，whehedataweregathered?

·Wasthestatusoftheresearchermadeexplithedata-gatheringprocess?（Wastheresearobserver?Apartit?What，ifany，wastherelationshipoftheresearchertothepartits?）

Aboutdataanization