Find a quantitative research study about death, dying, or bereavement. (PsycInfo, Medline, PubMed, Academic Search Premiere, etc.). Review/summary and qualitative articles are not allowed.

1. provide the correct link to the article / APA reference

2. what is the title of the article? who is the writer?

3. What is the article's objective?

4. What is the hypothesis (-ses) guiding this empirical research?

METHOD

5. How many participants were in the study? What is the age, sex (% female), and race/ethnicity composition of the sample?

6. What age groups, if any, were compared?

7. Identify the independent (IV) and dependent variable(s) (DV), and any other important variables/constructs. How was each IV and DV measured (e.g., questionnaires, tasks, etc.)

8. What was the research design? (correlational, experiment, cross-sectional, longitudinal, etc.)

RESULTS

9. What did the researchers find? Were the findings statistically significant? Describe the results of the hypothesis test(s) for each hypothesis, not just descriptive statistics.

DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION

10. Was the hypothesis (-ses) supported by their data?

11. What are the 1-3 main takeaways you identified from this article? These should be related to the hypothesis (-ses), not just descriptive or theoretical information.

12. How does this study relate to other studies or theories? How does it relate to class material/assigned readings for this week?

13. What issues/critiques did you have about the author's methods, conclusions, etc.? What ideas do you have for strengthening this study or making it more interesting?

14. Summary of the article, and how it relates to the death and dying topic