Dave Ballard, formerly of the School of Criminal Justice

Now that we have done a peer review, and some of you may have to go back to the library, lets start the process of analysis.

First: note three specific things from them (try using margin notes) that you wish to write about. These can be three variables; or three theories; or three ways of looking at the area you are interested in; or any other three items. Try and make them the same type of theme (try not to use two variables and one hypotheses).

Look for these themes to be found in more than one of the ten articles. That is to say the themes you chose should be discussed in more than one of your articles, but not necessarily in all 10 of them. For example, if I was studying the gambling habits of college students I could note that three of my articles focus on the gambling habits of men, four on racial differences in gambling behavior, and three on how laws in different states (age limits and if gambling is allowed) may effect gambling behavior. I could then identify that the literature revolves around gambling with respect to three variables: gender, race, and geographic location.

List your particular topic for research here: __________________________________

List the three themes here:

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List your ten articles and three themes in this matrix: