Self-Efficacy Paper

Introduction This study was conducted in order to analyze the effectiveness of an economic educational program’s ability to increase financial literacy and self-efficacy for battered women. This article critique will highlight the main points, limitations, and conclusions of the research study and discuss what can be improved to better help the battered women’s population in gaining a stronger financial basis.
Hypothesis
For this particular study the hypothesis was explicitly stated. With financial literacy and financial efficacy being tested based on an economic education curriculum, the study hypothesized that with the use and implementation of economic education for battered women, these women could improve their financial literacy as well as their financial self-efficacy. This hypothesis assumes that the battered women who partake in this particular education seminar will have a stronger sense of economic education than battered women who do not partake in the curriculum.
Design Study The study was organized and administered based on a quasi-experimental design. This particular research design differs from a true experiment in the sense that it excludes from traditional random sampling. With that being said, a quasi-experimental design receives participation from a voluntary and more narrowed population.
Validity …show more content…
As stated in the article the researchers created a financial curriculum outcome measure to better asses the most effective aspects of the REAP economic education curriculum. This data collection is strong in the sense that the participants are able to evaluate and assess their own growth and knowledge. However, this data collection, given the fact that it was a small and narrowed portion of battered women, could fail to take into account certain situational differences of battered women not included in the