Assignment
Select a pair of articles on an identical topic from your Annotated Bibliography. This pair can be comprised of (a) one article to represent a research approach and another to represent another approach (e.g., one quantitative and one qualitative) or (b) one scholarly, research-based study and one practitioner article.
Analyze the articles and compare them in terms of the following questions:
* What comprises the data presented in each article?
* How are the data presented and interpreted?
* Are the data summarized only, or does the article include appendices or tables that present the data for the reader's own interpretation?
* Are there other ways that the data could be interpreted?
* Are there other variables or factors that appear to have been excluded from consideration?
* Is the argumentation sound and convincing?
* Does each article include limitations of the study or approach?
* Does each put the findings into a larger context in terms of current and future research?
* Are the implications of the article presented in terms of research, practice, or both?
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