Posted: April 7th, 2015

Paper Review

Paper Review

Order Description

REPORT STRUCTURE
The report has to have all of the sections listed below, unless it is indicated otherwise:
• Cover page
• Review
• Full bibliographic information for the reviewed paper and explanation on how it was accessed.
• References

II. REVIEW [1.5 pages]
In terms of review structure, try to answer the following
questions:
• What issue/problem are the authors of the paper addressing? Quote a sentence (or longer passage)
from the text that you think is central to the author’s (or authors’) implicit or explicit argument(s). Cite
the page on which it appears.
• Why is it important? What are the implications? In a few sentences, state the author’s explicit or
implicit argument. Be sure to include both: what the author is arguing for, and what s/he is arguing
against.
• What method(s) did the authors use to build support for their argument, e.g., how were the data
collected, how were they analyzed and to what effect (e.g., what practical evidence was created either
for or against the original argument)?
• What are the key conclusions and their implications? Suggest what the conclusions drawn by the
authors imply for understanding or improving society, relations between individuals, groups or
technology.
• Raise a question which you think is not fully, or satisfactorily, answered by the text. The question should be a question of interpretation or of inquiry, not simply a question of fact.
• Say, in a few lines only, how the paper confirms or contradicts your own experience or common sense.
Provide your opinion on the matter, even if not supported by personal experience.

III. FULL BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF THE REVIEWED PAPER AND INFO ON HOW IT WAS ACCESSED [0.5 pages]
Provide the full bibliographic details of the reviewed paper, using the following format (also called Harvard
style):
[1] Author(s), Publication/Book title, Journal/Publisher, Year (and page numbers if it is a technical paper)
[2] Website XYZ <http://address.com> viewed on a particular date DD-MM-YY
Explain the procedure by which you have retrieves the full copy of the paper (e.g., copy from the library
collection, online database, etc.). Also provide the access timestamp (date).