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Evaluating research in academic journals : a practical guide to realistic evaluation / Fred Pyrczak.
LIBRA H62 .P97 2008
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 Design.
- Evaluation Studies as Topic.
- Psychology--methods.
- Social Sciences--methods.
- journals (periodicals).
- Medical Subjects:
- Research Design.
- Evaluation Studies as Topic.
- Psychology--methods.
- Social Sciences--methods.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 162 pages ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Glendale, CA : Pyrczak Pub., ©2008.
- Summary:
- This supplementary guide is for students who are learning how to evaluate published reports of empirical research. Numerous excerpts from journals in the social and behavioral sciences provide examples that allow students to learn the practical aspects of evaluating research. By de-emphasizing jargon, this book allows students to begin evaluating research with confidence. New to this edition: Throughout this edition, the examples from published research reports have been updated. In addition, the coverage in most chapters has been expanded.
- Contents:
- Background for 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 analysis and results sections : quantitative research
- Evaluating analysis and results sections : qualitative research
- Evaluating discussion sections
- Putting it all together
- Appendix A. Quantitative and qualitative research : an overview
- Appendix B. Examining the validity structure of qualitative research
- Appendix C. The limitations of significance testing
- Appendix E. Checklist of evaluation questions.
- Notes:
- "This edition was written in collaboration with Randall R. Bruce"--Title page verso
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1884585787
- 9781884585784
- OCLC:
- 173843706
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