Content of your Critique
1. Introduction and statement of purpose (1 paragraph)
• Include an opening sentence that announces the author(s) and the title, and the topic of the article.
• Briefly describe what the study was about; however, avoid getting into too much detail. Subsequent sections will be used to address further details about the study.
• What was the author’s or authors’ general purpose for carrying out this study? Keep in mind there may be more than one purpose.
• Conclude your introduction with a brief statement of your evaluation of the article. This can be a positive or negative evaluation or, as is usually the case, a mixed response.
2. Theoretical assumptions and Thesis/Hypothesis (from the introduction/literature review)
• Briefly describe the theoretical assumption(s) associated with the proposed thesis/hypothesis.
• What is the theses/hypothesis provided?
3. Methods
• Relatively briefly, but thoroughly, describe the main aspects of the study methodology.
• Be sure to include information regarding; the study design, participants, variables of interest (i.e., independent, dependent, and other showcased variables), data collection process (i.e., what was the timeframe of the data collection, what data collection instruments were used, were the instruments reliable and valid, what was done with the data?) and operational definitions of key terms if necessary.
4. Results
• What were the major findings of the study, especially in relation to the thesis/hypothesis?
• Was the hypothesis supported or not supported?
• What other important statistical relationships were found?
5. Assessment of the study and limitations
• What were the stated limitations of the study? Be sure to clearly identify what was the author(s) view of study limitations verses your opinion.
• What was your impression of how the author(s) conducted the study?
• Did the methodology seem appropriate? Whether your answer is “yes” or “no”; be sure to justify your answer. Could the study design have been improved? Is there anything you would have done differently?
• Did the study address different ethnic groups, religions, genders, sexual orientations? Remember it is appropriate to investigate a particular group to help design appropriate interventions. Not every study should address everyone, but did the study address those it should for its stated purpose?
• Remember 1 study doesn’t equal proof of fact but rather may provide support.
6. Relationship to human sexuality
• How did the article affect your knowledge and thinking about human sexuality?
• Did your opinion change on any topic?
7. Conclusions & Recommendations for public health practice/health education or public policy
• Did the research convince you that we should change health practice, education or policy?
• Do you feel this topic should be investigated further? What type of study should be done?

you can used the attached study or find another study that follow the following: The article you choose must report the results of a research experiment (or correlational study), not more than 5 years old. The article cannot be a review article, where the authors simply summarize findings by others, or an opinion paper. The article you choose must have sections similar to “Methods”, “Results”, and “Discussion/Conclusion” and must come from a professional peer reviewed journal; it may be in the health sciences, medicine, or psychology/sociology data bases. Law reviews are not appropriate for this assignment

(if you used another study please attach it or email it to me