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Evaluating research in academic journals : a practical guide to realistic evaluation / Fred Pyrczak.
LIBRA H62 .P97 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pyrczak, Fred
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Research--Evaluation.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Methodology.
- Psychology--Research--Evaluation.
- Psychology.
- Psychology--Methodology.
- Scholarly periodicals.
- Research.
- Behavioral Sciences--education.
- Social Sciences--education.
- Evaluation Studies as Topic.
- journals (periodicals).
- research (function).
- Medical Subjects:
- Behavioral Sciences--education.
- Social Sciences--education.
- Research.
- Evaluation Studies as Topic.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 114 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : Pyrczak Publishing, [1999]
- Summary:
- "When students in the social and behavioral sciences take advanced courses in their major field of study, they are often required to read and evaluate original reports of research published as articles in academic journals. This book is designed as a guide for students who are first learning how to engage in this process."--Page v
- Contents:
- Introductionn to evaluating research reports
- Evaluating titles
- Evaluating abstracts
- Evaluating introductions and literature reviews
- A closer look at evaluating literature reviews
- Evaluating samples when researchers generalize
- Evaluating samples when researchers do not generalize
- Evaluating instrumentation
- Evaluating experimental procedures
- Evaluating results sections
- Evaluating discussion sections
- Putting it all together
- Quantitative and qualitative research : an overview
- Examining the validity structure of qualitative research
- Checklist of evaluation questions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Pyrczak, Fred. Evaluating research in academic journals.
- ISBN:
- 1884585191
- 9781884585197
- 9990021848
- 9789990021844
- OCLC:
- 42061955
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