Overview
Please read the article closely, answer the following questions (save your answers in a Word document and the copy and paste them here):
- Provide the full reference to this article using this format: Author 1 Last Name, First name initials; Author 2 Last Name, First name initials, (Year of publication). Article title. Journal name in italics Volume#(Issue#): start_page:end_page.
Example:
Shendelman S, Jonason A, Martinat C, Leete T and Abeliovich A. 2004. DJ-1 is a redox-dependent molecular chaperone that inhibits alpha-synuclein aggregate formation. Plos Biology 2(11): 1764-1773. - Is this article primary or secondary literature? If secondary literature, is it a meta-analysis? See: how to distinguish primary vs secondary literature.
- What is the hypothesis being tested?
- What is the experimental approach to testing the hypothesis? What was measured?
- What were the important quantitative results?
- Explain whether the results support or contradict the hypothesis (based on the discussion section).
- What do the results mean in terms of the broader issues that motivated the study (based on the conclusions)?
- How does the information in this paper connect to this week's topic?
Don't use quotes, you need to summarize the findings using your own words.
Rubric:
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference Citation is properly formatted |
| 5 pts | |||
Article type Article type is correctly identified |
| 10 pts | |||
Hypothesis Hypothesis correctly identified and summarized in your own words |
| 15 pts | |||
Experimental approach Experimental approach is summarized in your own words |
| 20 pts | |||
Results Main quantitative results are summarized in your own words |
| 25 pts | |||
Discussion Discussion of results is summarized in your own words |
| 15 pts | |||
Conclusions Main conclusions of the paper are summarized in your own words |
| 10 pts | |||
Total Points: 100 |