Graded Lin Article Critique - Part 3
Assessment of Lin Article-Part Three
XXXXXXX M. XXXXXXX
Liberty University
Assessment of Lin Article-Part Three Elements covered in this graduate student’s first critique of Effects of Forgiveness Therapy on Anger, Mood, and Vulnerability to Substance Use Among Inpatient Substance-Dependent Clients (Lin, Mack, Enright, Krahn, and Baskin, 2004) encompassed a compendium of its subject matter along with an evaluation of its first three components (e.g., abstract, literature review and research hypothesis). In its sequel, an analysis of the study’s participants along with an inspection of its procedure and instrumentation was offered. Within the third and final segment of this critique however, readers will find: (1) a scrutinization of its Results section, (2) an examination of its Discussion section, (3) an assessment of the entire article, and (4) a proposed plan for a follow-up study, which may result in some improvements being made over its predecessor.
Results Critique Within the Results portion of many academic journals it is not an uncommon practice for percentages to be reported within an article’s contents (Pyrczak, 2008). This practice is performed, of course, so the study’s outcome may be more clearly understood. But, along with the provision of these data, it is also imperative for scientists to provide their readers with the “underlying number of cases for each percentage” (Pyrczak, 2008, p, 103) because if this data is not supplied, it can present the appearance of deception. Regarding the presence of these entries in this article, this writer observes inconsistencies. For, although these researchers had announced the number of participants that they had in their study’s beginning and in its end (Lin et al., 2004), they did not publish what the differences were between the scores of the individuals who remained in the study and the scores of the individuals who left. In noting the obvious absence of this data, this analyst must rate this item ‘2’
XXXXXXX M. XXXXXXX
Liberty University
Assessment of Lin Article-Part Three Elements covered in this graduate student’s first critique of Effects of Forgiveness Therapy on Anger, Mood, and Vulnerability to Substance Use Among Inpatient Substance-Dependent Clients (Lin, Mack, Enright, Krahn, and Baskin, 2004) encompassed a compendium of its subject matter along with an evaluation of its first three components (e.g., abstract, literature review and research hypothesis). In its sequel, an analysis of the study’s participants along with an inspection of its procedure and instrumentation was offered. Within the third and final segment of this critique however, readers will find: (1) a scrutinization of its Results section, (2) an examination of its Discussion section, (3) an assessment of the entire article, and (4) a proposed plan for a follow-up study, which may result in some improvements being made over its predecessor.
Results Critique Within the Results portion of many academic journals it is not an uncommon practice for percentages to be reported within an article’s contents (Pyrczak, 2008). This practice is performed, of course, so the study’s outcome may be more clearly understood. But, along with the provision of these data, it is also imperative for scientists to provide their readers with the “underlying number of cases for each percentage” (Pyrczak, 2008, p, 103) because if this data is not supplied, it can present the appearance of deception. Regarding the presence of these entries in this article, this writer observes inconsistencies. For, although these researchers had announced the number of participants that they had in their study’s beginning and in its end (Lin et al., 2004), they did not publish what the differences were between the scores of the individuals who remained in the study and the scores of the individuals who left. In noting the obvious absence of this data, this analyst must rate this item ‘2’
References: Jackson, S.L. (2012). Research methods and statistics: A critical thinking approach (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadworth, Cengage Learning. Lin, W.F., Mack, D., Enright, R.D., Krahn, D., & Baskin, T.W. (2004). Effects of forgiveness therapy on anger, mood, and vulnerability to substance use among inpatient substance-dependent clients. Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, 72(6). 1114-1121.doi: 1010.37/0022-006X.72.6.1114 Pyrczak, F. (2008). Evaluating Research in Academic Journals: A Practical Guide to Realistic Evaluation. (4th ed.). Glendale, CA: Pyrczak Publishing.