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Evaluating Research
UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING RESEARCH: A Critical Guide
Sue L.T. McGregor, McGregor Consulting Group
Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide shows students how to be critical consumers of research
and to appreciate the power of methodology as it shapes the research question, the use of theory in the study, the
methods used, and how the outcomes are reported. The book starts with what it means to be a critical and uncritical
reader of research, followed by a detailed chapter on methodology, and then proceeds to a discussion of each
component of a research article as it is informed by the methodology. The book encourages readers to select an article
from their discipline, learning along the way how to assess each component of the article and come to a judgment of
its rigor or quality as a scholarly report.
CONTENTS PART ONE: INTRODUCTION / 1. Critical Research Literacy / PART TWO: PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF RESEARCH / 2.
Research Methodologies / 3. Conceptual Frameworks, Theories, and Models / PART THREE: ORIENTING AND SUPPORTIVE ELEMENTS OF RESEARCH
/ 4. Orienting and Supportive Secondary Elements of a Journal Article / 5. Peer Reviewed Journals / PART FOUR: RESEARCH JUSTIFICATIONS,
AUGMENTATION, AND RATIONALES / 6. Introduction and Research Questions / 7. Literature Review / PART FIVE: RESEARCH DESIGN AND RESEARCH
METHODS / 8. Overview of Research Design and Methods / 9. Reporting Qualitative Research Methods / 10. Reporting Quantitative and Mixed
Methods Research / PART SIX: RESULTS AND FINDINGS / 11. Statistical Literacy and Conventions / 12. Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
/ 13. Results and Findings / PART SEVEN: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS / 14. Discussion / 15. Conclusions / 16.
Recommendations / PART EIGHT: ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS AND THEORETICAL PAPERS / 17. Argumentative Essays: Position, Discussion, and Think
Piece Papers / 18. Conceptual and Theoretical Articles
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-5095-0 • ©2018 • 600 PAGES •
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EVALUATING RESEARCH: Methodology for People Who Need to Read Research
SECOND EDITION
Francis C. Dane, Jefferson College of Health Sciences
The Second Edition offers readers a straightforward presentation of the key components of research and the skills
they need to read and evaluate it. The book covers a range of research that students are most likely to encounter, from
experimental to field research, and archival to evaluation research. The Second Edition features updated examples
of research across disciplines, new and updated content on qualitative research and conceptual statistics, and a
streamlined organization that better aligns with the order of information in a research article.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction / 2. The Scientific Approach / 3. Reading a Research Report / 4. Sampling / 5. Measurement / 6. Experimental Research /
7. Quasi-Experimental Research / 8. Qualitative Research / 9. Conceptual Overview of Statistical Analyses / 10. Archival Research / 11. Survey Research
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4833-7334-8 • ©2018 • 280 PAGES •
BEST SELLER
READING AND UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH THIRD EDITION
Lawrence F. Locke, University of Massachusetts at Amherst • Stephen J. Silverman, Columbia University •
Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, The University of Texas at Austin
Ideal for students, novice researchers, or professionals, this indispensable resource serves as a road map for readers
who need to analyze and apply research findings. It helps them think critically about the credibility of what they are
reading by showing them how to identify problems and develop constructive questions.
CONTENTS PART I: THE NATURE AND USES OF RESEARCH REPORTS / PART II: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH / PART III: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH / PART IV:
READING RESEARCH REVIEWS
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-7574-2 • ©2010 • 312 PAGES •
