ASSIGNMENT
Now that you have a grasp of researching and analyzing your sources, in this assignment, you will do more of the same. Choose another 3-5 scholarly articles on your topic (see “Researching tips for your written assignments and final essay” in the Course information block), and write an analysis of those articles. Ideally, you will need about 8-10 scholarly articles (you will also need a scholarly book, but that book review will appear in module 5). Remember, the material you write for these assignments will be part of your final research project, though you might have to reorganize the order of the articles so that they make sense for your narrative.
Again, here’s what to do:
Scholarship and Documents Analysis
Choose 3-5 scholarly articles that you intend to use in your research paper.
After you have made your selections, read the full text of the articles carefully. Then, prepare an essay of at least 1,000 words that analyzes the key points the authors make. For each source, your essay should contain:
The name of the article using a proper bibliographic format
A brief summary of the main points in the article
Then, for the analysis part, consider the following:
What methodology did the author(s) use? Statistical analysis? Experimental results? Interviews? Research from other disciplines (Economics, Psychology, etc.)? Anecdotes? Narratives? Philosophical framework? Were there primary and secondary sources? etc.
Did the Author(s) make any assertions? Propose any new theories? If so, were they substantiated?
Was it just narrative (simply telling what happened)? What else could the author(s) have done?
Then, explain how you will use it in your research.
If possible or necessary, analyze similarities and differences between the various points of view presented in the articles.
