Read the following empirical research article:
Eskew Faley -- Some determinants of student performance in the first college-level financial accounting course by Robert K. Eskew and Robert H. Faley
As you're reading, focus on the following ideas:
• What was the purpose of the research?
• Who were the subjects?
• What were the variables?
• What was the methodology? Is it well-balanced research?
• What were the conclusions?
• Do the statistics support the authors' conclusions?
• Do the graphs agree with the statistics and with the authors' conclusions?
• Were the statistics appropriate for the type of research design?
• What evidence exists to back up the authors' claims?
• Do you agree with the author's conclusions? Why or why not? Make your own claims based on evidence, rather than personal opinion, personal beliefs, unfounded ideas, or what "should be".
Write a 2-page paper about this paper. Critically analyze, assess, and critique the paper. Does it stand up to healthy scrutiny?