solved AboutJournal articles are peer-reviewed publications that help scholars communicate ideas,

AboutJournal articles are peer-reviewed publications that help scholars communicate ideas, theories, empirical analyses, and conclusions.The ability to critically read journal articles is a skill that is developed with practice. This skill is especially useful when you transfer to a 4-year college or university.If you are contemplating attending graduate school to earn a Masters, professional, or Doctoral degree, then analyzing journal articles is an essential skill.Analyzing a journal article is related to reading. Reading is a skill that is developed with practice and is important for your future academic, professional, and personal endeavors.Academically, your reading load will increase with each semester you are in higher education. Building that skill now will serve you well into the future.Professionally, you will have contracts, employee handbooks, technical manuals, financial reports, and other documents to read.Personally, your son, daughter, nephew, or niece will need you to teach them to read.Estimated TimeAn estimated 270 minutes is needed to complete this activity.InstructionsStep 1: Download PDF of the articlePOSC 121 – Grumbach, Jacob M., and Alexander Sahn. 2020. “Race and Representation in Campaign Finance.” The American Political Science Review 114 (1): 206–21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055419000637. downloadStep 2: Analyze the ArticleIdentify the 12 parts of the article, as described in the Anatomy of a Journal Article and elaborated upon in the Details of Analyzing Journal Articles, and you can also review the Walkthrough.Optional:Schedule a tutoring appointment with the Writing Center or meet with a NetTutor (if available) if you want a 3rd party to help you think through this assignmentOptional: Upload a picture of you Writing Center Tutoring slip or a screenshot of your NetTutor interaction as evidenceStep 3: Demonstrate identification of partsPaper: hand write on the margins or the back of the pageElectronic: electronically highlight the text and/or comment in margins of the pageStep 4: Write Out the Research DesignOf the 12 parts, only one of them needs to be written out: Research Design. The Research Design is how the author compares the effect of the explanatory variable (X) on the outcome variable (O) in a group (G) or set of groups.If needed, return to the JAA – Details of Analyzing Journal Articles and the Walkthrough Presentation for clarification on the concept.Visit “Journal Article Analysis” webpage on my personal website (Links to an external site.)For an in-depth discussion on research design, you can read Chapter 6 – Elements of Research Design in Introduction to Political Science Research Methods (Links to an external site.).You can also join an iPoliSci Workshop on Journal Article Analysis.Step 5: Upload your file upload submissionPaper: If you hand wrote your analysis on a printed paper, please use CamScanner app (Links to an external site.), use “Batch” function to take pictures of each page and create a single PDF. After a single PDF is created, please upload the file.Electronic Option 1: If you used Adobe PDF software to annotate, then you can upload the annotated fileElectronic Option 2: You can try annotating in the Canvas Student App.How do I submit a PDF assignment with annotations in the Student app on my iOS device? (Links to an external site.)How do I submit a PDF assignment with annotations in the Student app on my Android device? (Links to an external site.)SupportGo to How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission? (Links to an external site.) to learn how I directly include feedback on the file you upload, compared to the Assignment Comments or Rubric Results.RubricCriteriaRatingsPointsTitle IdentifiedYesNo10Main PointYesNo50QuestionYesNo50Puzzle IdentifiedYesNo100Debate IdentifiedYesNo100Theory IdentifiedYesNo100Hypotheses IdentifiedYesNo150Research Design WrittenYesNo190Empirical Analysis IdentifiedYesNo100Policy Implications IdentifiedYesNo50Contribution to the Discipline IdentifiedYesNo50Future Research IdentifiedYesNo50RubricJournal Article AnalysisJournal Article AnalysisCriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTitled Identified1 ptsYes0 ptsNo1 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMain Point Identified5 ptsYes0 ptsNo5 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQuestion Identified5 ptsYes0 ptsNo5 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePuzzle Identified10 ptsYes0 ptsNo10 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDebate Identified10 ptsYes0 ptsNo10 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTheory Identified10 ptsYes0 ptsNo10 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeHypotheses Identified15 ptsYes0 ptsNo15 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResearch Design Written19 ptsYes0 ptsNo19 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeEmpirical Analysis Identified10 ptsYes0 ptsNo10 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePolicy Implications Identified5 ptsYes0 ptsNo5 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContribution to the Discipline Identified5 ptsYes0 ptsNo5 ptsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFuture Research Identified5 ptsYes0 ptsNo5 ptsTotal Points: 100