Thinking & Evaluating
Scholarly journal articles have a certain format. Each section will help you understand the ideas being presented.

empirical articles

  1. Abstract: Gives a summary of the article.
  2. Literature Review: Contains an overview of prior research and discusses the theories researchers are using.
  3. Methodology: Explains how the research was conducted including sample size, participants, surveys, etc.
  4. Results: Includes data and statistical significance of the research.
  5. Conclusions: Interprets the results and explains what the new findings mean.
  6. References: Contains citations to materials used by researchers. You can use this list to find more articles.

other scholarly articles

  1. Abstract: Gives a summary of the article.
  2. Body: The main text including new interpretations or ideas.
  3. Conclusions: Gives a final overview of the article.
  4. References: Contains citations to materials used by researchers. You can use this list to find more articles.

 



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