Evaluating Research Articles From Start to Finish

Third Edition

Other Titles in:
Research Methods & Evaluation (General) | Research Methods (General)

September 2013 | 416 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This book fulfills a need of potential consumers of research, as well as eventual researchers. Although research design courses emphasize designs and appropriate statistical analyses, the stress is on conducting good designs. As a result, students may be able to apply their knowledge of originating research. But most consumers of research read articles based on original research and may be unable to apply that same knowledge to evaluating the article in terms of soundness of the design and appropriateness of the statistical analyses. Such an evaluation is crucial for a practitioner who might consider adapting methods based on results to his or her practice, whether it be education, sociology, psychology, medicine, dentistry or any other field. This book fill this void.

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Author

1. Introduction

2. Case Studies

3. Narrative Analysis

4. Surveys

5. Correlation Studies

6. Regression Analysis Studies

7. Factor-Analytic Studies

8. Discriminant Analysis Studies

9. Two-Condition Experimental Studies

10. Single Classification Studies

11. Factorial Studies

12. Quasi-Experimental Studies

13. Longitudinal Studies

Answers to Study Example Critiques

Glossary

Author Index

Subject Index

This book goes from step to step and is ideal for students who have not tackled this subject before.

Mrs Jane Cuthbert

Dental Academy, Portsmouth University

June 7, 2021

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Great resource for adult learners new to reading and reviewing research journals.

Ms Vengerflutta Smith

School Of Human Services, Springfield College

March 1, 2014

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I felt it was too advanced for our undergraduate students, but a good resource for instructors of undergraduate students

Dr Deborah Seale

Health Info Management Dept, St Louis University

August 8, 2013

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Dr Shannon Dobson

Science Div, North Greenville University

September 6, 2012

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May use as suggested text

Dr Jeanne Thomas

Social Work Dept, Eastern Michigan University

June 18, 2012

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too much detail for level of course

Dr Theresa Green

Nursing, Univ of Calgary

April 9, 2012

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I will use this as a guide to reading research articles. this is a central part to the course.

Professor Paul Hackett

Education Dept, Tufts University

October 6, 2011

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This text will enable beginning researchers in my IST Research Methods course to understand how to evaluate secondary research and will be used as a supplement to the Research Methodology text.

Mr James Anthos

Business Administration Prog, South University - Columbia

May 17, 2011

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I recommend this text for those students who plan on submitting manuscripts for journal publications.

Dr Rita McNeil

Human Resource Train Dev Dept, Idaho State University - Pocatello

May 17, 2011

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This is a great book, providing useful tips for reading and understanding research articles. It will be adopted for my next course.

MICHELLE MAHON

Psychology , argosy univ