This week, you will submit the annotation of a quantitative research article on a topic of your interest. Quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental are examples of types of research designs used in quantitative research.
An annotation consists of three separate paragraphs that cover three respective components: summary, analysis, and application. These three components convey the relevance and value of the source. As such, an annotation demonstrates your critical thinking about, and authority on, the source. This week’s annotation is a precursor to the annotated bibliography assignment due in Week 10.
An annotated bibliography is a document containing selected sources accompanied by a respective annotation of each source. In preparation for your own future research, an annotated bibliography provides a background for understanding a portion of the existing literature on a particular topic. It is also a useful first step in gathering sources in preparation for writing a subsequent literature review as part of a dissertation.
Please review the assignment instructions below and click on the underlined words for information about how to craft each component of an annotation.
Please use the document “Annotated Bibliography Template with Example” for additional guidance.
It is recommended that you use the grading rubric as a self-evaluation tool before submitting your assignment.
Use the Walden library databases to search for one quantitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
Before you read the full article and begin your annotation, locate the methodology section in the article to be sure that the article describes a quantitative study. Confirm that one of the types of quantitative designs, such as quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental, was used in the study.
Annotate one quantitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
Provide the reference list entry for this article in APA Style followed by a three-paragraph annotation that includes:
Format your annotation in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced. A separate References list page is not needed for this assignment.
I am attaching the required readings docs and for the article on a topic I will let you choose, however, I am interested in the general behavioral and criminal behavioral topics, and you can choose the article from any scholar library databases it is only should be one quantitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal.
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engagement in deviant behavior remains a common challenge. Accurate information from the article is acceptable since stress and instability are a common following family disruption. Antecol and Bedard (2007) have high accuracy, reliability, and validity. The data obtained from the NLSY is true, and facts representing the trends in a larger sample population. Accurate measurement of the family disruption increases article validity. This explains the extent to which a research study design promotes the measurement of what was intended. The quantitative design is appropriate for this study since mathematical instruments explain the relationship between the variables (Antecol and Bedard, 2007). The article utilizes different references to explain the theoretical concepts used in the analysis, and they are effectively cited
