Wetenschappelijke Onderzoeksmethoden
– Instructions for the workshops
Paper
1. What is the research question of the paper? Do you consider this an interesting question that is relevant for the area of
Information Science?
(Why, or why not? Give tips for the authors)
2. Is the research question well embedded in the existing literature and in the current research of this area? Do the authors provide relevant references to reliable sources? Do the authors need more references?
3. Describe the structure of the paper. Do you think that the structure of the paper is adequate? Is the information provided in the proper and logical order? Give tips for the authors.
4. Which are the hypotheses that are stated in the paper ? How are these hypotheses substantiated? Do the outcomes of the tests of these hypotheses provide an answer to the research question? Provide suggestions improvement for
5. Which variables are measured by a scale?
Which questions are used for this?
Explanation / illustration
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Wetenschappelijke Onderzoeksmethoden
– Instructions for the workshops
6. How was the design and implementation of the research carried out? Is this described adequately in the paper? Give tips
7. Are the variables of the data set internally consistent for the construct that they are supposed to measure?
What are the conclusions? Is this correct?
8. Has the data been analysed correctly?
Where is a difference between groups tested and what is the result?
Where is a correlation or difference between more than two groups measured? What is the result?
9. What are the conclusions of the research? Are these in accordance with the results? Do you have suggestions for improvement of the conclusions?
10. What is your assessment of the writing style in the paper? Do the authors use stereotypes, or too popular language, or use too long sentences? Did you find spelling errors or grammatical mistakes?
11. Do you have suggestions to make the paper more interesing?
12. Miscellaneous remarks or suggestions
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