Compensation assignment for meeting 1

Instructions

Read the article that was assigned for your group.

Write an answers to the questions below, the total combined text should be about 300-500 words. Also be sure to write your name on the assignment.

Submit your assignment in BILDA.

Note that plagiarism is not allowed. All answers are automatically checked for plagiarism. Guidelines for writing the answers The purpose of the seminar was to practice simplifying a scientific article form your field into a popularized format. Please write answers that are easy to understand and explain technical terms when necessary. You are welcome to use other sources (course material, other literature, internet, etc.) to find information, but you must write the answers with your own words. If you need to quote anything from another source, use quotation marks ( ) and give proper references.

1. What is the topic of the article?

2. Into what discipline(s) does the article belong?

3. What kind of an article is it? Does it aim to present the results of an experiment, does it

review current literature on the topic or does it aim at something else?

4. Is the topic of the article of relevance to the area of study? Why/why not?

5. What methods, if any, does the research described in the article employ?

6. What are the key concepts of the article and how would you explain them?

7. Does the article have a main hypothesis? If not, why not?

8. What is the articles main result?

9. What is the use of the articles main result?

10. How could the article be improved?