User:YasmaniGrandahl/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Music and sleep

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The reason that I have chosen this article is because when I first got to college I was having some mild insomnia. I was researching some things that I could do to self treat the situation and I came across an article that explained how certain arrangements of music can help aid sleep. Once I had found a genre of music that got me into a relaxed state I noticed that my sleep had started to improve and I started to feel better.

Evaluate the article
Within the lead section of the article the writer describes what music in sleep is with a concise and informative introductory sentence. The introduction does not describe what sections are to come later in the article which does not allow the reader to know what is going to be talked about in relation to music and sleep. Although the articles content is relative to the topic there does not seem to be much backing to the findings within the research being done. The article describes how the research indicates an improvement in sleep but does not describe what kind of research was done or who it was by. There isn't any indication of a bias or unbiased opinion since the description of the viewpoints are not present. The article is neutral around the understanding that music can be used to help people with insomnia improve their sleep. The evidence in the article is backed up with references to the sources at the bottom of the article. The description of the information within the sources is written very vague so in order for the reader to find out why exactly the facts are the way they are the reader would need to dive into the source to find out more information. There are no images or media to help support the facts in the article. It would be nice to have a diagram of some of the experiments that were administered to see how the researchers proved their results. There is nothing on the talk page as far as discussions or ratings. Overall I think this article needs some serious work. I think there are some strengths such as the introduction and how it addresses the topic. The main weakness in this article is the lack of content. I think if there was more information on the research and how exactly the results turned out the way they were it could be a solid article.