# Reading Form

*Fill in this form for at least one required paper a week. It can only be filled in for research papers, news stories, even if required, cannot be used.*

*Instructions are in italics.*

## Publication citation: 
*Include the full citation like you would include in a publication. You can use any of the common formats such as APA, or MLA.*

## Summary
*Write a short summary of the paper in your own words. The summary should be about 3-7 sentences and include at least one "highlight" sentence that shows critical thinking about the paper such as how it relates to your own work, other readings, or USEC in general.*


## Study design form
*Fill in the following information about the study. The form is meant to help you think critically about the paper *

#### Objective of the study
- [ ] Descriptive - describes the current or past state of a technology, practice, or situation. 
- [ ] - Relational - studies relationships between studied variables.
- [ ] - Experimental - participants are placed into multiple groups who experience different manipulations of a given experience so that the impact of each manipulation can be measured. 

#### Type of data collected
- [ ] Directly observed data from directly observing participant activities
- [ ] Indirectly observed data of past actions such as social media posts, log files of user actions
- [ ] Self-reported data where users are asked about their thoughts or behaviors

#### List research questions
*Many papers explicitly list research questions, if so, state them here. If research questions are not explicitly stated, try describing the research questions based on what they do say.*


#### Name the methodologies used
*Provide the names of methodologies used in the study(s).*


#### How were participants recruited?
*What methods were used to find the participant and ask them to take part in the study? Also think about if the study targeted any specific type of person, such as age range, past experience, job, or physical location.*


#### Informed Consent: was informed consent obtained?
- [ ] Yes
- [ ] No
- [ ] Not stated

#### Did participants know this was a security and/or privacy study? 
- [ ] Yes - they knew it was a security or privacy study
- [ ] No - they knew it was a study, but did not know it was about security or privacy
- [ ] No awareness - they did not know they were taking part in a research study of any kind
- [ ] Not stated