Problem:
Read: Hunt TKA et al. (2017) Adverse childhood experiences and behavioral problems in middle childhood. Child Abuse Negl. May;67: 391-402.
Then answer following:
Background:
Describe the context in which the research question is being asked. For example, is it challenging, expanding upon or testing a theory? Is it describing a gap in the research?
Research Question:
What is the general question being asked?
Hypotheses:
What are the hypotheses being tested? What is/are the primary independent variables assessed? What is/are the dependent variables?
Sample:
With what data are the hypotheses being tested?
Measurement:
How did the author measure the independent and dependent variables identified above? Are you satisfied? Are there any peculiarities with the measurement of other variables?
Statistical Methods:
What have the researchers done? Did they provide univariate and bivariate analyses? Did the conduct multivariate analyses?