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Student Worksheet: Analyzing a Journal Article

Please read the assigned journal article and answer the following questions. Review the “Paraphrasing”
module as needed to help you understand how to paraphrase to avoid plagiarism.

Your name: Date:

Journal article title: The Influence of Advertising towards Adolescence Smoking Behavior in Indonesia

Step 1. What is the purpose/hypothesis/aim/objective of the study?

a. Write down the exact statement in which the
authors describe what they were testing. (Hint:
This information may be provided in the article as
a purpose statement or as a hypothesis). Include
quotation marks around the exact wording, and
indicate page number(s).
this study about smoking behaviour. Which
independent variable this study are factors
influencing adolescent behaviour and dependent
variable are smoker groups (non-smoker,risk
smoker, and regular smoker)

b. Now describe the purpose of the study (as you This study has purpose to analyse whether
understand it) in your own words. advertising campaign about smoking has influence
to adolescent smoking behaviour

c. What was the “gap” in the research that the
authors were trying to fill by doing their study?
The “gap” of this research before this research
number of smoker in Indonesia have high prevalence
and advertise campaign about smoking ranked
second in 2011 because of that many research want
to prove that advertice have influence to smoking
behaviour.

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Step 2. What is/are the major finding(s) of the study?
a. Make some notes about the authors’ major
conclusions or findings as written in the article.
Include quotation marks whenever you use their
exact wording, and indicate page number(s).
b. Now write those conclusions (as you
understand them) in your own words.
Step 3. How did the authors test their hypothesis?
a. Briefly summarize the main steps or
measurements that the authors used in their
methods. Try to explain in your own words as
much as possible.
b. Do the authors suggest any problems or
limitations with their methodology? Do you see
any problems or limitations with their
methodology?
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Major conclution of this article is that advertice
about smoking have low contribution about smoking
behaviour in adolescent with number of relative
contribution is 0,282
Conclusions of this article is advertising has low
contribute to smoking behaviour in adolescent in
Indonesia. This behaviour influence mostly by friend
and believe that with smoking they become cool.
This study use analysis of variance F test to know
differences statistical between non smoker, smoker
at risk, and regular smoker about smoking
behaviour. This study have 13 hypotesis that
adopted from study by smith and stuuts. Sampel of
this study are Indonesian adolescent.
This study have many variables that can make a bit
difficult focus in one target.
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c. How did the authors analyse their data? What This study use analysis of variance F test
test/s did they use?

Step 4. How reliable are the results?

a. Do the authors suggest any problems with the
study that could lead to unreliable results?
The results of this study reliable because in every
place eventhough have many ads of smoking the
opportunity being smoker become low if other factor
like friend (environment) not support smoking
behaviour.

Step 5. Based on your analysis, are the claims made

in this journal article accurate?

a. Do the conclusions made (about the results) by
the author make sense to you? Are the
conclusions too broad or too narrow based on
what was actually done in the study?
The conclution of this study make sense because
environment like family, friend and life style have a
huge impact to adolescents compared just seeing ads
of smoking, eventhough ads also have impact but big
as the other.

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b. Based on the accuracy of the methodology and I think the conclution of this study can be believed
the reliability of the results as described in Steps 3 because this study can explain data with accuracy
and 4, do you think the conclusions can be number.
believed?

Step 6. What is the importance of this scientific work?

a. Write (in your own words) the significant This study can explain about effect of adverticing
contributions of the experimental work in this smoking in adolescent in Indonesia. The ads have
journal article as reported by the authors. effect but as big as other factor like environtment
(family, friend, and life style)

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b. Re-read your notes and explain why you think
this is
o a strong or weak scientific article o a
strong or weak scientific study
I think this article is weak scientific study because
this study know of factors that can give effect of
smoking behaviour in adolescent but just want to
describe how big effect of the ads of smoking than
other factors with this experimental.

Resources for students:

1. If you are struggling with plagiarism and paraphrasing, then refer to our online “Paraphrasing” module.
2. If you are struggling with figuring out how to read the information, then refer to the section on active
reading in the “Learning from Textbooks” section of A Guide for University Learning.
3. If you want to learn how to find more academic information on other science topics, then refer to our
online “Searching for Scientific Journal Articles” module.

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