Criteria for Critiquing a Research Report

Step 1: The Problem - has been clearly stated.

Step 2: Literature Review - provides relevant studies.

Step 3: Theoretical or Conceptual Framework - based on Adoption Theory and Change Process

Step 4: Research Variables - see previous posts.

Step 5: Hypotheses - This was a correlation study which measured the strenghts of variables.

Step 6: Sampling: Sample size was adequate, but subjects were not varied enough.

Step 7: Research Design: The search has been adequately described.

Step 8: Data Collection and Methods - survey

Step 9: Data Analysis - Results provided