Article Analysis

Question A.

Gutierrez, Carolyn; Wang, Jianrong.  A comparison of an electronic vs. print workbook for information literacy instruction. Journal of Academic Librarianship, May, 2001. Vol. 27 Issue 3, p208-12. ( I will send the reading in the chat)

1. What were the population and sample? How were they determined? Is the sample random?  Is the sample size appropriate?
2. What are the independent and dependent variable(s)?How are they measured?
3. Chart and describe the experimental design which was used. Comment on internal validity.
4. Describe the treatment.

Question B.

Turner, Adrienne, M.D., Arta Kabashi, Hannah Guthrie, Roger Burket, M.D., and Philip Turner, “Use and Value of Information Sources by Parents of Child Psychiatric Patients,” Health Information and Libraries Journal 28 (2) 101-109, March, 2011.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00935.x

1. Was this a status or causal study?
2. What were the population and sample? How were they determined?
3. What are the independent and dependent variable(s)?
4. Describe and comment on the quality of the questionnaire, if one is provided.