4 sources: 2 must be scholarly sources
Questions to consider for each source; (don’t have to answer every question for each source)
Why are we reading this?
What question is this research trying to answer?
How do they know what they know?
What methods do they use?
Who did they ask?
What knowledge did they value (epistemology)?
Large or small N
thick or thin analysis
statistics or conceptual
What were their findings?
How can we analyze the text?
How does it fit with my experience?
others experience?
Other research?
What are the assumption the authors make? (ontology)
What is the audience or purpose of the piece?