I’m working on a political science project and need support to help me learn.
Journal articles are peer-reviewed publications that help scholars communicate ideas, theories, empirical analyses, and conclusions.
The ability to critically read journal articles is a skill that is developed with practice. This skill is especially useful when you transfer to a 4-year college or university.
If you are contemplating attending graduate school to earn a Masters, professional, or Doctoral degree, then analyzing journal articles is an essential skill.
Analyzing a journal article is related to reading. Reading is a skill that is developed with practice and is important for your future academic, professional, and personal endeavors.
An estimated 5 hours is needed to complete this activity.
You have three options for obtaining and viewing the article.
Recall there are twelve parts of a journal article:
You need to identify each part, with the exception of needing to write out a Research Design, which is explained in the next step.
Where you annotate each part depends on whether you are annotating on a paper copy or electronic copy of the journal article.
Yes, if needed, return to the Details of Analyzing Journal Articles page and the Walkthrough Presentation for clarification on the concept.
Research design notation is not common in political science journal articles.
Part of the reason is that political scientists do not agree on a conceptual, let alone an operational, definition of research design.
This lack of agreement is a function of the diversity of graduate training and experience that political scientist have.
Yes, read JAA – Writing out a Research Design.
For an in-depth discussion on research design, you can read Chapter 6 – Elements of Research Design in Introduction to Political Science Research MethodsLinks to an external site..
Go to How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission?Links to an external site. to learn how I directly include feedback on the file you upload, compared to the Assignment Comments or Rubric Results.
Yes, visit the iPoliSci Workshops assignments located in every weekly module for a schedule of Journal Article Analysis workshops or Ask Me Anything workshops.
Rubrics are “a guide listing specific criteria for grading or scoring academic papers, projects, or tests”. Every assessment in the course has a rubric. A table of this assessment’s rubric is provided below for students. However, this table is not accessible for some screen readers.
For students using a screen reader, an accessible version of the rubric table can be accessed by scrolling down further or clicking on the three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the assessment and selecting “Show Rubric”.
If you need additional help, visit How do I view the rubric for my assignment?
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