Evaluating Research in Academic Journals - A Practical Guide to Realistic Evaluation

Zusammenfassung ? A supplementary guide for students who are learning how to evaluate reports of empirical research published in academic journals.? Your students will learn the practical aspects of evaluating research! not just how to apply a laundry list of technical terms from their textbooks. ? Each chapter is organized around evaluation questions. For each question! there is a concise explanation of how to apply it in the evaluation of research reports.? Numerous examples from journals in the social and behavioral sciences illustrate the application of the evaluation questions. Students see actual examples of strong and weak features of published reports.? Commonsense models for evaluation combined with a lack of jargon make it possible for students to start evaluating research articles the first week of class.? The structure of this book enables students to work with confidence while evaluating articles for homework.? Avoids oversimplification in the evaluation process by describing the nuances that may make an article publishable even though it has serious methodological flaws. Students learn when and why certain types of flaws may be tolerated. They learn why evaluation should not be performed mechanically.? This book received very high student evaluations when field-tested with students just beginning their study of research methods.? Contains more than 60 new examples from recently published research. In addition! minor changes have been made throughout for consistency with the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapters1. Background for Evaluating Research Reports2. Evaluating Titles3. Evaluating Abstracts4. Evaluating Introductions and Literature Reviews5. A Closer Look at Evaluating Literature Reviews6. Evaluating Samples When Researchers Generalize 7. Evaluating Samples When Researchers Do Not Generalize8. Evaluating Instrumentation9. Evaluating Experimental Procedures10. Evaluating Analysis and Results Sections: Quantitative Research11. Evaluating Analysis and Results Sections: Qualitative Research12. Evaluating Discussion Sections13. Putting It All Together Appendix A: Quantitative and Qualitative Research: An OverviewAppendix B: Examining the Validity Structure of Qualitative ResearchAppendix C: The Limitations of Significance TestingAppendix D: Checklist of Evaluation QuestionsProfessor Reviews"Wonderful tool-particularly for first-year graduate students who have had little exposure to literature relevant to their discipline."- Eric Frauman! Middle Tennessee State University"This book assists my students to better evaluate what they read for their own literature reviews as well as assisting them to write better empirical reports the next semester. I highly recommend this book for introductory social research methods and statistics courses."- Suzan Waller! University of Central Oklahoma"Excellent! Most thorough and understandable treatment of the topics I've ever seen. This is a terrific practical guide. I can't imagine teaching the senior honors thesis course without it."- Eva Garroutte! Boston College"In learning to penetrate academic 'jargon!' the last thing students need is more of it. As clear as it is concise! this book is an exceptional effort in every way and a welcome supplement to my research methods class."- Alfred P. Kielwasser! San Francisco State University"I use it for senior research project. The checklist (Appendix) of evaluation questions not only helps [students] critique existing research but helps them to write their own."- Chris Ahlman! Lewis-Clark State College "I have used this book for several years and find that it becomes an excellent resource for teaching students how to evaluate titles! abstracts! introductions! and literature reviews. After reading this text! my students write a literature review."- Priscilla Reinertsey! University of New Hampshi...

Product details

• Authors: Fred Pyrczak
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781936523344
• ISBN: 978-1-936523-34-4
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works