1. Assignment#1 InstructionsResearch Article AnalysisINTRODUCTI.docx

1. Assignment#1 Instructions:
Research Article Analysis
INTRODUCTION:
The week one research article analysis from a peer-reviewed
scholarly journal gives you the opportunity to learn to use
scholarly journals for research and to analyze a scholarly
journal article for content. When you have completed the APA
format assignment (450-600 words), you should save your work
as a Word.doc and upload it along with the scholarly article you
located as attachments in the Assignment section.
OVERVIEW:
This first assignment—like all the other assignments in this
course—utilizes your topic of interest in the selection of
material for research. Locate a scholarly research journal article
in the APUS online library that is related to the topic you
selected, and then prepare a paper that answers some basic
questions related to your article. Be sure to consult the rubric
associated with weekly assignments to see the grading criteria.
NOTE: SELECT AN ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED
WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
DETAILS:
1. Make sure to utilize your topic of interest for the course.
2. Find a journal article that presents scholarly research
associated with the topic. At this early point in the course you
are asked to “jump right in” and utilize the online library to
locate an appropriate scholarly journal article that presents
research concerning your topic. Note that you may access the
APUS Online Library and get help with scholarly research from
the school. The APUS Online Library has a great
orientation video (click here)
to help you get started. The APUS Online Library also provides
a specific guide for
how to research in the library (click here)
. Still another great source is a 5-minute video produced by Dr.
Rhonda Bell that walks you through the process. (If you watch

Dr. Bell’s video keep in mind that it is slightly dated in terms of
the online site setup. However, the essential content and
approach are correct.) Here is the link to Dr. Bell’s video:
http://www.screencast.com/t/nIMKTHnWT
(text-only version of lecture)
Keep in mind that scholarly research involves solving problems.
If your article does not present qualitative, quantitative, or
mixed methods research then you do not have an appropriate
research article. Again, for the purposes of this assignment you
want to intentionally find a research article that contains one of
the three methods of research: qualitative, quantitative, or
mixed methods. The Creswell textbook will help you
differentiate these three methods of research. Save the article to
your computer to have as a reference and also to attach to the
professor when your paper is completed (see step 5 below).
3. Write a short paper
(450-600 words)
that demonstrates a brief analysis of the scholarly research
article you selected. You are to write your paper in such a way
as to answer the questions/issues below. However, do not
include the list on your paper. Instead, let the items guide the
content expressed in your paper, which should be in typical
paragraph form. Because of the shortness of the assignment,
several of the items may be contained in a given paragraph. Be
precise and you will be concise.
• After a brief introductory sentence. Tell whether the title is
appropriate to the focus of the study. (Note: select an actual
research study; avoid selecting a lecture on a topic. Research
studies involve the collection and analysis of data, whereas
lectures on a topic typically discuss a variety of research studies
and do not provide the details of data collection and analysis.)
• State the problem. Is the problem clearly stated? Does the
problem have a theoretical rational? How significant is the
problem studied in the research?
• Is there a review of the literature? If so, is the literature

relevant? Summarize (in a couple of sentences) the review of
the literature.
• Fully and completely describe the research method that was
used to attack and answer the problem. Was the research method
used to solve the problem qualitative or quantitative, or both?
What instruments were used to answer the problem? Was there a
sample used? If so, how was the sample selected?
• State the hypothesis/questions or objectives. Were they stated
clearly?
• Are there any probable sources of error that might influence
the results of the study? If so, have they been controlled?
• What were the statistical or evaluative
(quantitative/qualitative) techniques used to analyze the data? If
so, were they appropriate? Note: There are many scholarly
articles in appropriate journals that inform your topic. However,
not all of them will describe research that evaluates data. Make
sure that your selected article includes the evaluation/analysis
of data. If you are unsure, this is the time to contact your
professor and discuss it.
• Summarize the results. How clearly were the results
presented?
• What are the limitations of the study? Are they stated?
• Summarize the conclusion(s). Are the conclusions presented
clearly? Does the data support the conclusions? Does the
researcher over generalize the findings?
• How can the results and conclusions presented in this study be
applied in your particular field of study or work environment?
4. Utilize the APA Helps as necessary in the Resources area to
help you present your brief paper in APA format, which means
that you need to write a Title Page and References Page
separate from the body of the text of the paper (no abstract or
author note are needed). On this assignment you should write
the publication information about your article on the References
Page (only one reference needed . . . the article you are
analyzing) and then also cite the source in the body of the paper
whenever you are stating facts from the article. Avoid

unsupported statements whenever possible. In many cases you
will write a paragraph of text and insert a citation only once.
When you direct quote, include the page number of the source,
too. Some may ask why APA is so important. APA is the mode
of communication of the written word in the management field.
It is the due diligence of graduate management students to excel
at APA.
Ther following information is uincluded for all assignments:
NOTE: Do not use macros or automatic referencing in your
papers for this course. The auto features usually cause
unforeseen problems in format. Plus, part of this course
involves the student’s acquisition of the essentials of the APA
style format
5. Upload your paper (.doc) along with the article (.pdf) you
reviewed in the assignment section for grading. Follow the
Submissions Guidelines as listed in the Syllabus: The various
assignments for this course should be submitted as Word.doc
attachments in the Assignment section of our virtual classroom.
Each file OF YOUR WORK should be named in the following
manner: Last name–truncated Week Number-Assignment name
(abbreviated if necessary)
For example: Smith-Wk01-Article Analysis
The accompanying article upon which your work is based
should be saved to your computer as a pdf file and then
uploaded along with your assignment, named as suits you,
EXCEPT put your last name first in the following manner: Last
name–the name of your article (abbreviate as needed)
For example: Smith-YadaYada Research
Please note that you should upload two items into the same
assignment area: your paper and the article (.pdf) upon which
your paper is based.
Here are two examples of a sample paper with annotations to
demonstrate what a typical paper in this course should look like
(except for the annotations, which are included here as a help):
APA Sample Paper #1

BEFORE YOU WRITE/SUBMIT YOUR PAPER . . . I highly
suggest that you view the following YouTube video (if you have
not already done so). It will show you how to get off on the
right foot in APA formatting of your written assignments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pbUoNa5tyY&feature=relat
ed
Another must-see video has to do with plagiarism (from the
lecture). Note that it was developed using MLA format instead
of APA. However, the essential message is applicable to the
work in this course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTPv9PtOoo&feature=yout
u.be
Here are some additional videos to help you with your work this
week:
• Scholarly vs Popular Periodicals--
http://youtu.be/VeyR30Yq1tA
• Peer Review in 5 Minutes--
http://youtu.be/twogpmM-SfY
• Evaluation of Sources using the CRAAP test—
http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
• Selecting Relevant Sources—
http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/reference/InfoLit/eval_tuts/
dlo02/index.html
• Selecting Reputable Sources—
http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/reference/InfoLit/eval_tuts/
dlo01/index.html
2. Assignment#2 Instructions
OVERVIEW:
This assignment uses a similar strategy to the assignment in the
previous weeks, except that it focuses on qualitative research.
You will find another different article related to your topic of
interest (same topic as week one—do not change topics). Use
the library and the same essential process that was described
previously, including the preparation of a

450-600 word paper
to submit along with the article that you find. Consult the
rubric associated with weekly assignments to see the grading
criteria. NOTE: SELECT AN ARTICLE THAT WAS
PUBLISHED WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS. Avoid articles
that contain quantitative research.
DETAILS:
1. Using the same topic you selected from week one, and
utilizing a similar research strategy in the online library, find a
journal article that presents qualitative scholarly research
associated with your topic. Remember that scholarly research
involves solving problems. If your article does not use
qualitative methodology then you do not have an appropriate
research article. For the purposes of this assignment you want to
intentionally find a research article that contains qualitative
methodology. Consult the Creswell textbook for assistance.
Save the article to your computer to have as a reference and
also to attach to the professor when your paper is completed.
2. Avid research skills need to be applied in this exercise. In
Proquest or EBSCO, make the "Advanced Search" do the work
for you. Utilize all three boxes in the search window. For
example, if you are trying to identify a scholarly journal with
the topic of leadership that has hypotheses or questions
identified, then in the first search box use the key word
"leadership" in the next search box use the key word
"hypotheses" and the last search box use the key word "research
question." You also may want to do a search and change one of
the key words to "qualitative" that produces an article that may
have a theory or model associated with the study.
REMEMBER to check the "Scholarly Journal" box and the
"Full-text" box. Also, viewing the article in the PDF version
will allow a better viewing of the qualitative research in its
entirety.
3. Write a short paper
(450-600 words)
that demonstrates a brief analysis of the qualitative research

article you selected. You are to write your paper in such a way
as to answer the questions/issues below. However, do not
include the list on your paper. Instead, let the items guide the
content expressed in your paper, which should be in typical
paragraph form.
State the research problem or issue in the study.
State the hypothesis/questions or objectives. Were they stated
clearly?
What questionnaires/survey instruments were used to answer the
problem?
What was the population used in the study? Was there a sample
used? If so, how was the sample selected? How many were in
the sample?
What were the statistical techniques used to analyze the data?
Identify and report/discuss the model or models that are
associated with the study or are developed from the study
Summarize the results. How clearly were the results presented?
What are the limitations of the study? Are they stated?
Summarize the conclusion(s). Are the conclusions presented
clearly? Does the data support the conclusions? Does the
researcher over generalize the findings?
How can the results and conclusions presented in this study be
applied in your particular field of study or work environment?
4. Utilize the APA Helps in the Resources area to help you
present your brief paper in APA format, which means that you
need to write a Title Page and References Page separate from
the body of the text of the paper (no abstract or author note are
needed). On this assignment you should write the publication
information about your article on the References Page and then
also cite the source in the body of the paper when you are
stating facts.
3. Assignment#3 Instructions
Review the Week Seven Lesson so that you are familiar with
content analysis. Select either conceptual analysis or relational
analysis as your approach to present your content analysis

paper.
https://edge.apus.edu/access/content/group/management-
common/Management/MGMT501/Supplemental%20PPTs/Week
%207%20Supp%20PPT%20-%20Content%20Analysis.pdf
SPECIFICATIONS:
Select three scholarly journal articles (you can use any of the
scholarly journal articles that were used in your annotated
bibliography) and conduct either a conceptual analysis or a
relational analysis. [Note that an excellent site that explains this
type of analysis is produced by Colorado State:
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/content/
]
NOTE: SELECT ARTICLES THAT WERE PUBLISHED
WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
After examining each of the articles individually and presenting
those findings using the approach mentioned above, add a final
section to your paper that combines your findings and compares
and contrast the words and concepts that are associated with the
overall topic of the articles. Tell how the material in these
articles contributes to your understanding of your selected topic
for the course used in this assignment? To further clarify: Make
sure that the final section of your paper demonstrates critical
thinking in the triangulation of the sources you selected with
regard to your topic of interest. Make sure that your takeaways
from this assignment are clear contributions to your knowledge
base and appraisal of your overall topic.
This assignment should be created as an MSWord document
using APA formatting including a title page and a reference
page. This paper is your final paper for the course and is worth
much more than all the others. The main body of text should be
1500-2500 words (not counting Title Page and References).
An abstract is not required. Submit the assignment in the
assignment section of the classroom as an uploaded document.
Note that the examples in the Lessons are shortened to give a
brief idea; do not use them to estimate the length of your paper.
Here they are again:

A brief example of a Conceptual Content Analysis Paper and a
brief example of a Relational Content Analysis Paper can be
found under
Resources
:
a.
https://edge.apus.edu/access/content/group/264189/Week%2B7
%2B-
%2BExample%2Bof%2BConceptual%2BContent%2BAnalysis-
BRIEF%2BSAMPLE.pdf
b.
https://edge.apus.edu/access/content/group/264189/Week%2B7
%2B-
%2BExample%2Bof%2BRelational%2BContent%2BAnalysis-
BRIEF%2BSAMPLE.pdf
NOTE: Do not use macros or automatic referencing in your
papers for this course. The auto features usually cause
unforeseen problems in format. Plus, part of this course
involves the student’s acquisition of the essentials of the APA
style format.
Follow the Submissions Guidelines as listed in the Syllabus:
The various assignments for this course should be submitted as
Word.doc attachments in the Assignment section of our virtual
classroom. Each file should be named in the following manner:
Last name–truncated Week Number-Assignment name
(abbreviated if necessary)
For example: Smith-Wk07-Content Analysis
The accompanying articles (3) upon which your work is based
should be saved to your computer as a pdf file and then
uploaded along with your assignment, named as suits you,
EXCEPT put your last name first in the following manner: Last
name–the name of your article (abbreviate as needed)
For example: Smith-YadaYada Research
Please note that this week you should upload four items into the

same assignment area: your paper plus the three articles (each
in .pdf) upon which your paper is based.
RESOURCES:
Key source to explain Content Analysis:
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/content
Supplemental article for forums and writing:
ICPSR. (2005). Content Analysis. Guide to Social Science Data
Preparation and Archiving
URLS:
Purdue University's online writing helps for APA-OWL:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Plagiarism video (made for MLA, but applicable):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTPv9PtOoo&feature=yout
u.be
Setting up your APA papers for assignments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pbUoNa5tyY&feature=relat
ed

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