Purposive Communication GPCOM

Name: Research Digest

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Instructions:
 Read carefully and understand the questions before answering.
 Use the provided spaces for your answers. Answer succinctly and substantially.
 Answer the questions in complete sentences unless instructed otherwise.
 Always observe proper paraphrasing; avoid plagiarism. For items that instruct you to write in your own words, VIRBATIM
COPYING or CUT-AND-PASTE treatment of statements will invalidate your answers.

Predictors of Academic and Social Success and Psychological Well-Being in College Students
by Jill M. Norvilitis and Howard M. Reid

I. INTRODUCTION (15 points)

(Write the topic of the study in your own words.)

…
1. What did the study investigate?
(3 points)

(State the research gap or what still needs to be studied about the topic in your own words.)

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2. Given the topic, what area is the
“gap” or least explored? (3 points)

(Enumerate three (3) in bullets. State them in your own words.)

 …
3. What information in the
introduction do you find most
relevant/important? (9 points)

II. METHOD (20 points)

(State it/them in your own words.)

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4. What is/are the important
specific/s of the tool? (5 points)

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(Use key words/phrases and present them through a flow chart.)

5. How was the data gathered? (10

points)

(Enumerate using numbering.)

1. …
6. How was the data analyzed or
interpreted? (5 points)

III. FINDINGS (if qualitative)/RESULTS (if quantitative) (35 points)

7. Based on the research problem
identified, what is/are the
finding/s or result/s? (5 points)
(If the research article has more than one research problem, focus on the first question. You
may use a graphic organizer but provide a summary in your own words.)
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(Mention at least three (3) explanations for each finding/result in your own words.
Enumerate using bullets.)

 …
8. What is/are important
explanation/s to the finding/s or
result/s? (15 points)

(List at least two (2) corroborations for each finding/result in your own words. Choose the
most important ones. Be mindful of using intext citations.)

9. What corroboration/s were …

presented to support the
finding/s or result/s? (15 points)

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IV. CONCLUSION (5 points)

(Answer in your own words.)

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10. What is one (1) important
conclusion of the study? (5 points)