Article Analysis 2 Worksheet
Pick either the Ramirez & Beilock (2011) paper OR the Ambady, Shih, Kim & Pittinsky (2001) paper. You’ll need to read the whole paper to understand the context, but you only need to answer the questions below based on Experiment 1. Both of these papers are published in top psychology journals. Due to their brief nature, they do not adhere to APA format. If you choose the Ramirez paper, please note that they describe all 4 experiments together (rather than in separate sections). You should be able to summarize the methods based on what they have in the paper, if something is unclear you can refer to the longer version of the methods contained in the supplementary materials section. Please write your answers in your own words DO NOT copy-paste or quote directly from the article.
Question
a) What was the broad question being asked by this research project (as a whole)?
b) What was the specific question being asked by this research project (specific to experiment 1)?
Experiment 1: Alternatives
a) What was the author’s hypothesis?
b) What were the alternative hypotheses?
Experiment 1: Logic
What was the logic of the hypotheses? If the author’s hypothesis is true, then what should happen?
Experiment 1: Methods
What were the methods?
Experiment 1: Results
What were the important results?
Experiment 1: Inferences
What inferences about the hypotheses and questions can be made based on the results?
Limitations
List 1 limitation (that either the authors identify or that you came up with on your own). Do not provide a limitation that they address in an experiment later in the paper.