Putry Vibry H (034005)

Miftakhul Syaifuddin (034007)

Miftakhur Rahmat (034052) CHECKLIST FOR REVIEW OF FINAL PROGRESS REPORT

THURSDAY, NOV 16 2017

NO CRITERION REVIEWERS COMMENTS CHAPTER-PAGE TO BE

CHECKED
1 Does the title reflect Yes 1
accurately the content of the
paper?
2 Are the significant words in Is this referring to the -
the title near the beginning sub-title or the main title?
to catch a readers Because there is no sub-
attention?
title in the presentation.
Anyway, the main title is
(subjectively) interesting
enough, especially for our
group.
3 Does the Introduction begin The Introduction (here we 2
with the big issue are referring to the
of topical/scientific interest background) only
and then narrow down to the
specific topic of the paper? mentioning about the
benefits of the study.
4 Does the Introduction locate Not sure 2
the study effectively within
the recent international
literature in the field?
5 Does the Introduction Yes, it says that the study 2
highlight a gap that the is having more benefits
research fills, or present a than the conventional
need to extend knowledge in
a particular area? (Does it one
say why the work was
done?)
6 Does the Introduction end Yes 2-3
with a clear statement of the
aim/hypothesis of the
research, or summarize the
main activity of the paper
(depending on the field and
relevant
journal conventions)?
7 Are the methods, including Yes 4
statistical analysis,
appropriate
for the questions addressed
and the study conducted?
8 Are the materials and The flowchart is detailed 4-6
methods given in enough enough, but the actual
detail to convince a reader processes were not.
of the credibility of the
results?
9 Do the results provide Yes 7-end
 answers to the questions
raised in the Introduction, or
fulfil the objectives given?
10 Are the results presented in No, only a bunch of 7-end
a logical order (either similar graphs with minimal
to the order of presenting explanation.
the aims or methods, or
similar
to the order in which the
Discussion is presented ).
11 Are all the tables and figures Yes, all the figures are 7-end
needed to tell the story of important because the
the paper? Could any be result of the study itself is
combined or deleted?
in the form of graphics
and figures.
12 Do all the tables and figures Supposedly yes (for a 7-end
stand alone? (i.e. can person who studied
readers understand them about geophysics)
without going back to read
the text of
the paper?)
13 Does the Discussion begin It explained the main 7-end
with a reference to the objective
original
aim/hypothesis/question?
14 Are the results compared There is no comparison 7-end
with other relevant findings with any other similar
from the literature? Are you study(es) or literature(s).
aware of any other
comparisons that could be
made? Are appropriate
explanations/speculations
included about reasons for
observed similarities,
differences, and other
outcomes?
15 Are appropriate statements No 7-end
made about the wider
significance
of the results, their
limitations, and/or their
implications for practice
and/or future research
directions?
16 Does the paper end with an No, it only shows the 7-end
appropriate concluding results of the study in
paragraph or section that graph and pictures. No
emphasizes the key
message(s) and their further explanation or
significance to the field? even a conclusion.

The oral presentation

does explaining a bit of
the results, though.
17 Is the list of references Yes, some of it can be 6-7
complete (all the works in seen in slide 6-7.
the list are referred to in the
paper, and all the works
referred to in the paper are
in the list)?
Does every entry in the
list appear at least once
in the text?
18 Are the reference list and in- No, Last slide
text references formatted 1. The references
accurately and in the right list is not in
style for the target journal?
alphabetical
Do all references in the
text and all entries in the order
list follow the style 2. Inconsistent
stipulated by the journal format (Some of
exactly (i.e. including the title are
punctuation, spacing, use formatted in
of italic and bold fonts, italic, but the rest
and capitalization (the are bold)
use of capital letters) )? 3. Some of it did not
mention about
the city(or
country) where
the
journal/paper/bo
ok was published.
19 Does the Abstract include all No abstract found in the -
the information required by presentation
the journal, and does it
highlight appropriately the
key results and their
significance?
20 Does the Abstract adhere to No abstract found in the -
the word limit and follow the presentation
prescribed format of the
target journal?
21 Are the selected keywords No abstract, so there are -
those that will best allow the no keywords either.
article to be located by the
full range of its prospective
readers?
22 Check for spelling, No abstract found in the -
punctuation and italics in presentation
abstract English form
23 Read the sentence and Is this referring to the -
check its grammar, abstract or the full paper
making sure that the (or presentation)? If the
verbs and subjects agree, latter is the case, then it
that singular and plural will be a long list.
forms are used
 appropriately, that the And the content of the
verb tense is correct, and presentation is not in full
that the articles (a/an/the) English, so we cant make
are used appropriately. a grammar check.
24 What additional comments 1. Highlight the -
do you have for problem and the
strengthening the paper? solution of the
problem in the
introduction
2. Highlight the plus
point(s) of the
study compared
to the other
studies.
3. Strengthening the
background of
study.