question archive 1) Start with the abstract
1) Start with the abstract
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1) Start with the abstract. It will provide a full summary of the article and set up exactly what it is about. This is where you should always start with academic articles; you never want to be "surprised." It is especially important for you because you will not read the entire article but will still need the full context to understand it.
2) Read the introduction. This will help provide some additional context for the article.
3) Read the methods section. Review it very carefully and take notes about the researcher(s) collected data. You will want to pay attention to information about their sample (how they selected it, characteristics, etc.), what instrument(s) they used to collect data, any details about their collected data, and how they analyzed it.
4) Review the discussion and/or conclusion. You can skip any specific discussion of the findings and just look for a summary of the main things that the researcher(s) discovered.
