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Read the article New York's smoke-free regulations: Effects on employment and sales in the hospital industry (attached). Critically analyze the study based on the individual elements of Krathwohl's chain of reasoning.

Write a brief paper that includes the following:
• Description of the authors' justification of the need for the study, including the degree to which the authors synthesized and critically analyzed existing research to show that this study is the next logical step in the line of research.
• Description of the theory that is guiding the research and assessment of whether it is clear how the authors used it to shape the study.
• Description of the problem being addressed, purpose of the study, research questions, and corresponding hypotheses and assessment of their quality.
• Discussion of the authors' justification of the selected methodology and design.
• Analysis based on Krathwhohl statement on page 75 that reads, "Each link in the chain is determined by the link before it." Is this true for your article? Justify your response and give examples from within the article you selected for this assignment.
• Discussion that answers if there are any limitations or "weak links" in the article and if so, how would you strengthen them. In addition, what future studies might be done to address these limitations and/or to further build the literature related this topic?

Length: 5-7 pages

Using current APA standards.

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Read the article New York's smoke-free regulations: Effects on employment and sales in the hospital industry (attached). Critically analyze the study based on the individual elements of Krathwohl's chain of reasoning.
Write a brief paper that includes the following:
• Description of the authors' justification of the need for the study, including the degree to which the authors synthesized and critically analyzed existing research to show that this study is the next logical step in the line of research.
• Description of the theory that is guiding the research and assessment of whether it is clear how the authors used it to shape the study.
• Description of the problem being addressed, purpose of the study, research questions, and corresponding hypotheses and assessment of their quality.
• Discussion of the authors' justification of the selected methodology and design.
• Analysis based on Krathwhohl statement on page 75 that reads, "Each link in the chain is determined by the link before it." Is this true for your article? Justify your response and give examples from within the article you selected for this assignment.
• Discussion that answers if there are any limitations or "weak links" in the article and if so, how would you strengthen them. In addition, what future studies might be done to address these limitations?

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