Evaluating research : methodology for people who need to read research /: methodology for people who need to read research. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francis C. Dane.
• Authors: Dane, Francis C, 1952-
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 | Introduction; Introduction; Goals of Research; Evaluation of Research; Initiating a Research Review; Finding Research; Summary; Exercises; 2 | The Scientific Approach; Introduction; A Philosophy of Science; Science and Nonscience Compared; Ethics of Consuming Research; Summary; Exercises; 3 | Reading a Research Report; Introduction; Research Report Organization; Summary; Exercises; 4 | Sampling; Introduction; Sampling Distributions; Probability Sampling; Nonprobability Sampling; Representative Samples; Summary; Exercises; 5 | Measurement; Introduction; Measurement Levels; Reliability; Validity; Epistemic Correlation; Scaling; Summary; Exercises; 6 | Experimental Research; Introduction; Causal Analysis in Experimental Research; Demonstration Versus Demography; Alternative Explanations for Research Results; Experimental Design; Demonstration Versus Demography Again; Summary; Exercises; 7 | Quasi-Experimental Research; Introduction; Time-Series Designs; Regression-Discontinuity Designs; Nonequivalent Groups Basic Pretest Designs; Self-Selection; Correlational Research; Meta-Analysis; Single-Participant Designs; Summary; Exercises; 8 | Qualitative Research; Introduction; Phenomenological Method; Ethnography; Grounded Theory; Historical Research; Case Study; Mixed Method Research; Summary; Exercises; 9 | Conceptual Overview of Statistical Analyses; Introduction; Types of Statistics; Single-Sample Statistics; Relational Statistics; Group Differences<br /> Summary; Exercises; 10 | Archival Research; Introduction; Content Analysis; Methodological Issues in Content Analysis; Existing Data Analysis; Methodological Issues in Existing Data Analysis; Summary; Exercises; 11 | Survey Research; Introduction; Survey Content; Survey Instruments; Administering Surveys; Data Analyses in Survey Research; Summary; Exercises; Epilogue; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 001.4; Research -- Evaluation; Research -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483373324
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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