Critical Reading - 2

Critical Readin" rel="nofollow">ing - 2 Order Description Task Description: In the second assignment, you will choose the readin" rel="nofollow">ing for yourself. For the second critical readin" rel="nofollow">ing, the article must be an academic style research article, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing new data, not a review or discussion article. For the second assignment, you MUST attach a photocopy of the paper you have reviewed. The second critical readin" rel="nofollow">ing assignment is 750 words. The goal is to identify and describe general strengths & weaknesses in" rel="nofollow">in relation to the chosen qualitative methodology and to give more detail if there is a particular issue or problem. Given the word limit you should thin" rel="nofollow">ink carefully about your priorities in" rel="nofollow">in selectin" rel="nofollow">ing what you choose to focus upon in" rel="nofollow">in your essay; in" rel="nofollow">in other words, concentrate on the most important poin" rel="nofollow">ints first. Criteria & Markin" rel="nofollow">ing: Choice of article Identification of central concepts of the study Brief explanation of how the literature review establishes the “warrant” (reason) for the study Ability to locate and describe general strengths & weaknesses Ability to identify and describe any specific weaknesses in" rel="nofollow">in the logic of the argument and chain" rel="nofollow">in of reasonin" rel="nofollow">ing Ability to critically analyse and evaluate the methodology employed in" rel="nofollow">in the research study Ability to distin" rel="nofollow">inguish and separate significant factors from unimportant factors in" rel="nofollow">in relation to the goals of the study Ability to analyse, organise and synthesise the main" rel="nofollow">in concepts and arguments in" rel="nofollow">into a coherent essay Ability to determin" rel="nofollow">ine whether the conclusions are justified Effectiveness in" rel="nofollow">in summarisin" rel="nofollow">ing and concludin" rel="nofollow">ing the essay. Note: You are not required to comment on the abstract for the article.