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Purpose: The purpose of this step is to analyze the relationship(s) between your sources and between your sources and your research question. This will be building on the critical reading done on 1 article completed during the last step.
For each source, briefly summarize what evidence it provides to answer your research question. (this may build on the relevance of the source, but it should not be an exact copy of that cell).
For 15 sources (12 of which should be peer-reviewed articles), analyze that source in comparison to another one of your sources. This could be based on type of methodology used, size of sample, hypothesis, findings, how variables are measured, etc. If you analyze Source 1 in comparison to Source 2, then your Source 2 analysis should be compared to a source other than Source 1. Keep in mind all analysis should relate back to your research question.
| Source 1 | Source 2 | Etc. | |
| Source Title | |||
| APA-formatted citation for source | |||
| Relevance of source to Research Q | |||
| 2-3 sentence description of source | |||
| Main Research Question | |||
| Hypotheses | |||
| Methodology (quantitative vs qualitative, etc) | |||
| Independent variable(s) | |||
| Dependent variable(s) | |||
| Key Findings | |||
| Strengths | |||
| Weaknesses | |||
| Critically evaluate the content for accuracy, bias and coverage | |||
| Analysis of source as it helps to answer your question | |||
| Analysis of 2+ sources (compare/contrast) | |||
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