Question One: What was the particular research underlying the published report conducted (e.g. what is the motivation for the study)?

Question Two: What is the specific research problem/question?

Question Three: What is the theoretical foundation? What new theory does the article develop? What about the logical consistency and adequacy of the new theory/thesis? Assertions made in the article must be critically analyzed.

Question Four: What are the hypotheses? Are they derived from the theory offered or formulated out of the air?

Question Five: What are the qualitative characteristics of the research design utilized?