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Checklist
Please fill out and complete the following checklist along with your final paper. Author: Kaelyn Housh-Rayvals
Title: The Effect of Diet on Wellbeing
Item
Circle one
1. Do you have 10 references from peer-reviewed, scientific journals
Yes | No 2.
Do you state your objective of the paper explicitly (e.g., "The objective of this paper is ….)?
Yes | No 3.
Did you state your thesis explicitly (e.g., "In this paper, I will argue that …..") Other examples:
In this paper I will review the evidence ....
that generally supports the view that ....
Specifically, the paper examines the evidence for the view that
Yes | No 4.
Are your references correctly cited using APA style (use a reference manager like www.zotero.org
to extract the information or use https://owl.purdue.edu/
Yes | No
5.
Did you include a meta-analysis, as asked? Yes | No
6.
Do you have at least three criticisms of the research that you read? There are many different types of criticisms, including (a) what the research did not do, should have or could have done differently (e.g., focus on different groups of people, different factors, etc.). Yes | No 7.
Do you have at least three implications of what the research you reviewed means for (a) theory, namely how we think about it (i.e., should our theories about what it is and what causes it, or should our theories be expanded), (b) how we should measure or study it differently (i.e., are there other things that we should measure), and (c) how we should change how we teach people, treat people, run organizations, etc. ).
Yes | No 8.
Have you started each section with an introductory or summary statement about what you will do in each section. For the research review:
A number of studies have examined the relationship between X and Y, supporting the view that X adversely affects Y. In general, these studies …. (say something about them in general if you can) have examined the relationship between X and Y in …. Yes | No 9.
For the criticism section:
Despite the large number of studies that have examined the relationship between X and Y, research conducted to date can be criticized in a number of ways. Yes | No 10.
For the implication review:
Start this section by summarizing what your review of the research found and the talk about implications. Then lead off with a sentence that introduces the implications. “The research reviewed in this paper has a number of implications for theory, methodology, and policy. First … Yes | No 11.
Diction
Have you avoided non-formal language like "got" or "get."
Yes | No 12.
Have you avoided extreme language, such as "prove," "causes," "best?" Instead, say "demonstrates," "contributes to / is associated with," "one of the best."
Yes | No 13.
Have you thoroughly spell-checked your paper. Yes | No
14. Have you read your paper out loud to yourself or had someone else read it over?
Yes | No 15. Focus
Does each paragraph contribute to your objective or thesis? Remove or rewrite any section that does not directly relate to your objective, or add in some more writing to make sure the reader understands the link. Yes | No
16.
Can you answer the following question for each and every paragraph in your paper, "what is the purpose of this for the reader?"
Yes | No
17.
Have you cited all of your claims?
If you tell the reader about a fact or a study, have you backed it up with a citation? Unless it is (a) your opinion about what you are reviewing (e.g., "the research reviewed in this paper, indicates that ……" or (b) obviously true (e.g., "From time to time, everyone will experience distress ….")
Yes | No
18. Examples
Have you provided the reader with enough examples to back up your claims (e.g., "In the 2007 study, by Santor et al. (2002), 250 participants indicated that ….. "
Yes | No
19. Did you run a spell-checker on your paper?
Please indicate which one you used: Yes | No
20.
Do you have sentences that have more than 15 words in it? Yes | No
21.
Multiple instances of the same word in a paragraph. Yes | No
22.
Explaining studies If you talk about a specific study (i.e., not just cite it to back up a claim), then after mentioning a study, have you explained what was done and what was found in sufficient detail. Yes | No
23.
Off topic sentences
Have you read each sentence to ensure that it address the topic of your paper in someway. Yes | No
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