Coding Sheet for Research Article
Coding Sheets
COM 401
During the semester, you will complete four Coding Sheets based on four research articles. Coding sheets outline key aspects of a research study. The articles and the coding sheets should help you write your Literature Review. Thus, you should choose articles for your Coding Sheets that relate to the research question or theory you will be writing about later in the semester.
Specifically, each coding sheet should include the following information:
APA citation (using correct form, see example below)
Mongeau, P. A., Serewicz, M. C. M., & Therrien, L. F. (2004). Goals for cross-sex first dates: Identification, measurement, and the influence of contextual factors. Communication Monographs, 71, 121-147.
(b) rationale or justification (page #)
The rational and/or justification addresses why this topic is important and/or why this study is being done. Do the authors claim that the study advances the field of communication? How so? Do the authors claim that the study can help people in some way? How so (humanitarian, applied, etc.)? Does the study attempt to advance theory in some way? How so? Is this an important topic that we do not know much about and should?
(c) theoretical framework used (page #) (there will probably be some overlap with b & c)
(d) research participants, texts, or contexts (page #)
(e) hypothesis/hypotheses &/or research questions (page #)
This is the only portion of the coding sheet where you can quote the article word for word. Make sure that you put quotation marks around the words that you take from the article!
(f) methods (page #)
Note which general type of methodology the study employed (quantitative, qualitative or rhetorical). Also describe what specific methods were used -- surveys, interviews, experiments, etc. Finally, you need to note how the data was analyzed.
(g) results/findings (page #)
(h) critique
In your opinion, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the study? What
COM 401
During the semester, you will complete four Coding Sheets based on four research articles. Coding sheets outline key aspects of a research study. The articles and the coding sheets should help you write your Literature Review. Thus, you should choose articles for your Coding Sheets that relate to the research question or theory you will be writing about later in the semester.
Specifically, each coding sheet should include the following information:
APA citation (using correct form, see example below)
Mongeau, P. A., Serewicz, M. C. M., & Therrien, L. F. (2004). Goals for cross-sex first dates: Identification, measurement, and the influence of contextual factors. Communication Monographs, 71, 121-147.
(b) rationale or justification (page #)
The rational and/or justification addresses why this topic is important and/or why this study is being done. Do the authors claim that the study advances the field of communication? How so? Do the authors claim that the study can help people in some way? How so (humanitarian, applied, etc.)? Does the study attempt to advance theory in some way? How so? Is this an important topic that we do not know much about and should?
(c) theoretical framework used (page #) (there will probably be some overlap with b & c)
(d) research participants, texts, or contexts (page #)
(e) hypothesis/hypotheses &/or research questions (page #)
This is the only portion of the coding sheet where you can quote the article word for word. Make sure that you put quotation marks around the words that you take from the article!
(f) methods (page #)
Note which general type of methodology the study employed (quantitative, qualitative or rhetorical). Also describe what specific methods were used -- surveys, interviews, experiments, etc. Finally, you need to note how the data was analyzed.
(g) results/findings (page #)
(h) critique
In your opinion, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the study? What