ALCOHOL ‘MORE DAMAGING TO BRAIN HEALTH THAN MARIJUANA’

Critique a Research Article

A critique is a method of displaying a logical and organized analysis of a written or oral piece. Critique can provide the readers with both positive and negative outcomes depending on the author. The purpose of this assignment is for the student to perform a critique on a research article that deals with today’s health issues. In this paper the student must be diligent at what the author are claiming, taking into account the research methods being utilized and look for pros and cons of the researcher’s outcomes.

The assignment must be a minimal of five pages, excluding title page and references. The assignment must be strictly following APA guidelines, points will be deducted if otherwise. Do not use first person throughout the paper until the section called evaluate the paper.It will be divided in the following manner:

Title page: Give the name of the article, the authors name(s) and your name. Following APA

Introduction:

• Provide an overview of the author’s research problem, research questions and main point including how the author supports his or her point.
• Explain what the author initial objectives (hypothesis) and results including the process he or she used to arrive at such conclusion.

Evaluate the Research Methods: in paragraph form answer the following:

• Does the author provide a literature review?
• Is the research current and relevant to today existing health issues?
• Describe the research type utilized?– experimental, non-experimental, quasi experimental, etc.
• Evaluate the sample (size, composition, or in the way the sample was selected in relation to the purpose of the study? Was the sample appropriate for the research or was it bias?
• How practical does this work seem to you? How does the author suggest research results could be applied and how do you believe they could be applied?
• Could the study have been improved in your opinion? If so provide how you think it could have improved.
• Is the writing in the article clear straightforward?
• Can further research be conducted on this subject? Explain

Conclusion: In your conclusion, try to synthesize the pieces of your critique to emphasize your own main points about the author’s work, relating the researcher’s work to your own knowledge or to topics being discussed in your course.

Answer preview

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder conducted a review on the effects that both alcohol and marijuana or cannabis has on the brain. Marijuana currently in the United States is becoming legalized in a way since scientists have discovered that it has more health benefits than it does damage. According to the article, the lead scientist by the name Rachel Thayer assumed that the use of cannabis is less harmful to the brain as compared to the use of alcohol…

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