Reading Summary
Critical Analysis of Social Science Reading
Author, title, and publication details (pasted from syllabus)
One sentence (only) summarizing the argument, using all the key and the main secondary terms
A list, with brief definitions, of one to three principal terms or memorable concepts the author invented or employed
A list of as many as seven one-phrase summaries of supporting evidence.
Main approach (legal, historical, theoretical, qualitative,
quantitative) and principal techniques (archival, literature review, un- or
structured interview, participant observation, survey, questionnaire,
experiment, content analysis), along with specifics of the study
Bibliographic information for principal sources the author cites
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