Mary E. Brown, Ph.D., Professor
Information Science

Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515

Department of Information and Library Science
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Unit IX:
Evaluating Your own Research/Writing

READINGS

ASSIGNMENT

SELF-EVALAUTION OF PAPER:

Each student should critique (in a narrative form) his or her own paper. You should use the criteria suggested in Unit VII under Lecture Notes. A summary of these criteria can be found in Unit VIII. Also use the following questions to evaluate the content and organization of your final paper. [NOTE: the criteria you have been given in Units VIII and IX will be used in grading your final paper.]

• Is the introduction clear and complete?
• Does the statement of purpose adequately and logically orient the reader?
• Is the literature adequately reviewed?
• Are the citations appropriate and complete?
• Is the research question clearly identified, and is the hypothesis explicit?
• Are the conceptualizations and rationale perfectly clear?
• Is the method clearly and adequately described? That is, can the study be replicated from the description provided in the paper?
• Are the techniques of data analysis appropriate, and is the analysis clear?
• Is the discussion thorough? Does it stick to the point and confine itself to what can be concluded from the findings of the study?
• Is the paper concise?
• Is the paper prepared according to APA style?

Begin each critique with the citation, for example:

Brown, M. E. (2001). Crossing the divide: Empowering the Have-Nots in the Information Age. Unpublished manuscript, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Information and Library Science, New Haven.]

WORK TO BE SUBMITTED

1. Critique your final paper. Post to the appropriate thread.
2. Continue making final edits to your course paper.