Dr William Ashton
York College, CUNY
APA Article Review Worksheet
Name: ______________________________________________
What was the research question? That is, what were the researchers interested in?
What was the hypothesis?
What literature did they review which allowed the researchers to make this hypothesis?
What were the characteristics of the research participants?

What was(were) the independent variable(s)?
How was(were) it(they) operationalized?
What was(were) the dependent variable(s)?
How was(were) it(they) operationalized?
Briefly summarize the methodology. What happened to the participants? What order did things happen in? What, besides the IVs and DVs were special about the method?
Briefly summarize the results. What were the primary findings?

Did the authors discuss any problems (threats to the validity) with their study?
What implications or applications did the authors make about their findings?
Multiple Experiments? Then redo the appropriate questions for each experiment.