Assignment 5

Here are the papers for review.  They are in Word format.  You will need to create a document for each of your reviews and send each review to the author of the paper and to me (e-mail addresses below). The link to the paper to be reviewed is in the left column of the table and the three reviewers for each paper are in the columns labeled Reviewer 1, Reviewer 2, and Reviewer 3.

In reviewing the papers, do not worry about the formatting as it may get scrambled somewhat by my turning it into a pdf and you can assume that I will pick up most typos and grammatical errors.  You do not need to catalog these unless they just jump off the page and annoy you (like they do for me).  You should concentrate your review on seeing how well the paper accomplishes the purpose stated by the author.  You may want to review our paper rules now, so that you can emphasize comments about rules 1 through 5 noting organization, logic and logical flow, use of information from citations, figures, tables, and the like.  In commenting on specific elements of the paper you should note the page, paragraph(s), and line(s) wherever appropriate as: 

EXAMPLE:

Page 4, paragraph 2, lines 4-10:  The point about eating too much taro was not clear.  You may want to give an example or find other sources to bolster your point. Also earlier in the paper you said they ate less so you need to resolve this conflict.

General: The organization was confusing. If you labeled your sections and had transitional statements it would be easier to follow.

Figures: It would have been helpful to have a map locating the groups you talked about. Some graphs showing the differences you documented would have helped me see the issues.

The reviews are due (to me and to the authors) before class on March 31

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