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Reading and understanding research / Lawrence F. Locke, Stephen J. Silverman, Waneen Wyrick Spirduso.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xx, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781412975742
  • 1412975743
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q 180.A1 L63 2010
Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments Part I: The Nature and Uses of Research Reports Chapter 1: The Research Report Chapter 2: When to Believe What You Read: The Sources of Credibility Chapter 3: How to Select and Read Research Reports Chapter 4: The Use, Misuse, and Misunderstanding of Research Chapter 5: Types of Research: An Overview of Variety Part II: Quantitative Research Chapter 6: Quantitative Research Designs Chapter 7: Staying Organized When Reading a Quantitative Report Chapter 8: Explaining as a Tool for Learning to Read Reports Chapter 9: Reading Reports of Quantitative Research-Critically: Things to Notice and Questions to Ask Part III: Qualitative Research Chapter 10: The Paradigms for Qualitative Research Chapter 11: Staying Organized When Reading a Qualitative Report Chapter 12: Reading Reports of Qualitative Research-Critically: Things the Reader Should Expect Part IV: Reading Research Reviews Chapter 13: Staying Organized When Reading Research Reviews Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of Supplementary References Appendix B: Statistics: A Beginner's Guide References Name Index Subject Index About the Authors

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface Acknowledgments Part I: The Nature and Uses of Research Reports Chapter 1: The Research Report Chapter 2: When to Believe What You Read: The Sources of Credibility Chapter 3: How to Select and Read Research Reports Chapter 4: The Use, Misuse, and Misunderstanding of Research Chapter 5: Types of Research: An Overview of Variety Part II: Quantitative Research Chapter 6: Quantitative Research Designs Chapter 7: Staying Organized When Reading a Quantitative Report Chapter 8: Explaining as a Tool for Learning to Read Reports Chapter 9: Reading Reports of Quantitative Research-Critically: Things to Notice and Questions to Ask Part III: Qualitative Research Chapter 10: The Paradigms for Qualitative Research Chapter 11: Staying Organized When Reading a Qualitative Report Chapter 12: Reading Reports of Qualitative Research-Critically: Things the Reader Should Expect Part IV: Reading Research Reviews Chapter 13: Staying Organized When Reading Research Reviews Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of Supplementary References Appendix B: Statistics: A Beginner's Guide References Name Index Subject Index About the Authors

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