Summarizing Journal Articles Effectively

To advertise products

To summarize news events

To provide detailed research on a specific topic

To entertain the reader

Discussion

Abstract

Methods

Introduction

In the last paragraph of the introduction

In the abstract

In the methods section

In the conclusion

To identify the topic or problem and describe previous research

To present the statistical analysis

To list the materials used

To summarize the entire study

The equipment used in the study

The demographics of the study participants

The statistical analysis used

The steps used in the experiment

To discuss the limitations of the study

To describe the data collected and the statistical analysis used

To interpret the findings

To summarize the study

Discussion

Results

Methods

Abstract

Skip them entirely

Look up certain terms and tests to understand better

Ignore the study

Ask someone else to read it for you

Only read the introduction

Ask yourself why the researchers used these methods

Read the abstract again

Skip to the conclusion

The purpose of the study and hypothesis

The author's personal opinions

The abstract summary

The references