Article Analysis 1
For this first Article Analysis, you are provided with 3 articles and you will need to pick one of them to analyze. For the second and third analyses, you are provided on a topic, and you’ll have to find your own articles.
Here are the choices:
Can People Live to 150? Probably Not, New Study FindsLinks to an external site. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/can-people-live-150-probably-not-new-study-finds-n660431
Chimps May Be Capable of Comprehending the Minds of OthersLinks to an external site. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chimps-may-be-capable-of-comprehending-the-minds-of-others/#
Climate Change Is Causing Earlier Springs in National ParksLinks to an external site.
Analyze your article in an essay of 1000 words or fewer.
You need to address the following:
What hypothesis was tested?
How was it tested?
Was the hypothesis supported or rejected?
Who sponsored the research? Is the sponsor of the science mentioned? This could be a university where research was conducted, a company that supplied funding, etc. Do you think the sponsor may have influenced the science? Do you think the source of funding could lead to a conflict of interest?
What are some implications of this research?
How to find out more information? What could you do if you wanted to find out more about the topic? Be more specific than “I could look it up in Google”. What you would actually do.
Use headings to specifically indicate where the needed information is located in your analysis (i.e. use the bolded bulleted items above).
