Journal Article Summary Scoring Guide
Due Date: End of Unit 9. Percentage of Course Grade: 12%.
CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED
Locate a scholarly journal article in a career specialization that reports a correlation, a t test, a one-way ANOVA, or some combination. 20%
Does not locate a scholarly journal article in a career specialization that reports a correlation, a t test, a one-way ANOVA, or some combination.
Locates a scholarly journal article in a career specialization, but the article does not report a correlation, a t test, a one-way ANOVA, or some combination.
Locates a scholarly journal article in a career specialization that reports a correlation, a t test, a one-way ANOVA, or some combination.
Locates an exemplary scholarly journal article in a career specialization that reports a correlation, a t test, a one-way ANOVA, or some combination.
Provide context for the research study, including a definition of variables and scales of measurement. 15%
Does not provide context for the research study.
Provides partial context for the research study that may or may not include a definition of variables and scales of measurement.
Provides context for the research study, including a definition of variables and scales of measurement.
Provide exemplary context for the research study, including a definition of variables and scales of measurement.
Identify assumptions of the statistic reported in the journal article. 10%
Does not identify assumptions of the statistic reported in the journal article.
Partially identifies assumptions of the statistic reported in the journal article.
Identifies assumptions of the statistic reported in the journal article.
Interprets assumptions of the statistic reported in the journal article.
Articulate the research question, null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, and alpha level. 15%
Does not articulate the research question, null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, and alpha level.
Articulates some combination of, but not all of, the research question, null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, and alpha level.
Articulates the research question, null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, and alpha level.
Articulates the research question, null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, and alpha level in an exemplary manner.
Report the results of the journal article, interpreting the statistic against the null hypothesis. 20%
Does not report the results of the journal article.
Reports the results of the journal article, but does not interpret the statistic against the null hypothesis.
Reports the results of the journal article, interpreting the statistic against the null hypothesis.
Reports the results of the journal article in an exemplary manner, and interprets the statistic against the null hypothesis.
Generate a conclusion that includes strengths and limitations of the journal article. 10%
Does not generate a conclusion.
Generates a conclusion that includes a partial list of strengths and limitations of the journal article.
Generates a conclusion that includes strengths and limitations of the journal article.
Generaes an exemplary conclusion that includes strengths and limitations of the journal article.
Communicate in a manner that is concise and professional and that makes proper use of APA formatting. 10%
Does not communicate in a manner that is concise and professional; does not make proper use of APA formatting.
Communicates in a manner that may or may not be concise or professional; often makes proper use of APA formatting.
Communicates in a manner that is concise and professional and that makes proper use of APA formatting.
Communicates in a manner that is concise and professional and that always makes proper use of APA formatting.
