Research Methods in Child and Youth Care Annotation Cheat Sheet (Specifications) Title of article in APA format 1. What is the problem? 2. What do they want to find out about that problem? 3. How did they go about finding out? 4. What did they find out? 5. What are the strengths/limitations of the research? 6. How does this research relate to your area of interest?  Choose research that is meaningful to you and your area of interest, not the easiest ones to annotate or the first 10 that come up on your database search  Do not use direct quotes  If you do not understand how the data was analyzed, explain what you do understand (e.g., the researchers used interviews, surveyed 735 youth, etc.)  Be clear on how it relates to your own research