Evaluating Research
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| Author | : Sue L. T. McGregor |
| Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
| Total Pages | : 880 |
| Release | : 2017-10-25 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1506350976 |
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.
| Author | : Francis C. Dane |
| Publisher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 393 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 141297853X |
The book is intended to help students understand and interpret research articles and how to evaluate what was done in the research. It is not intended to show them how to do research but rather how to understand research articles and evaluate that research.
| Author | : Thomas A. Schwandt |
| Publisher | : Guilford Publications |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2021-09-17 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 146254732X |
Much applied research takes place as if complex social problems--and evaluations of interventions to address them--can be dealt with in a purely technical way. In contrast, this groundbreaking book offers an alternative approach that incorporates sustained, systematic reflection about researchers' values, what values research promotes, how decisions about what to value are made and by whom, and how judging the value of social interventions takes place. The authors offer practical and conceptual guidance to help researchers engage meaningfully with value conflicts and refine their capacity to engage in deliberative argumentation. Pedagogical features include a detailed evaluation case, "Bridge to Practice" exercises and annotated resources in most chapters, and an end-of-book glossary.
| Author | : Ellen R. Girden |
| Publisher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2001-04-19 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9780761922148 |
Describes how to critique various types of study including: case studies, surveys, correlation studies, regression analysis studies, factor-analytic studies, discriminant analysis studies, factorial studies, and quasi-experimental studies.
| Author | : Ellen R. Girden |
| Publisher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 417 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1412974461 |
Using examples of good as well as flawed research studies, this text explains how to decide whether the conclusions reported in an article are justified on the basis of the design and analysis of the experiment.
| Author | : George A. Morgan |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 377 |
| Release | : 2006-04-21 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1135604533 |
Clinically oriented professionals and students need to understand and evaluate the research and statistics in professional articles, especially given today's emphasis on evidence-based practice. This book demonstrates how the research approach and design help determine the appropriate statistical analysis. Understanding and Evaluating Research in Applied and Clinical Settings features: *short, independent, chapters that do not have to be read in order; *a guide to understanding why a particular statistic was selected; *an emphasis on effects sizes including measures of risk potency; *numerous cross-disciplinary examples to illustrate the material; and *methods to help determine practical and clinical significance and their relation to meta-analysis and evidence-based practice. This book is intended for practitioners and students in psychology, education, counseling, mental and allied health, nursing, and medicine, and as a text for courses on understanding research methods and statistics.
| Author | : Jacqueline Fawcett |
| Publisher | : F.A. Davis |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2008-08-22 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0803622287 |
Where is the evidence in a nursing research study? What is the evidence? How good is the evidence? And, how is it relevant to providing evidence-based nursing care? Ensure that students can meet the AACN’s (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) goal of identifying valid research findings and using them to determine if they are providing care that is supported by evidence.
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 391 |
| Release | : 1991-02-01 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 030904281X |
With insightful discussion of program evaluation and the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control, this book presents a set of clear-cut recommendations to help ensure that the substantial resources devoted to the fight against AIDS will be used most effectively. This expanded edition of Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs covers evaluation strategies and outcome measurements, including a realistic review of the factors that make evaluation of AIDS programs particularly difficult. Randomized field experiments are examined, focusing on the use of alternative treatments rather than placebo controls. The book also reviews nonexperimental techniques, including a critical examination of evaluation methods that are observational rather than experimentalâ€"a necessity when randomized experiments are infeasible.
| Author | : Marilyn Lichtman |
| Publisher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1412975263 |
When learning how to read, analyze, and design one's own research, it is useful to review examples of similar research. Understanding and Evaluating Qualitative Educational Research uses published research articles to teach students how to understand and evaluate qualitative research in education. Each example within a category of qualitative research - ethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, case study, action research, narrative, and mixed methods - is accompanied by commentary from the editor regarding why the particular approach was used and how and why the various aspects of the example relate back to the approach taken. This commentary guides students in learning how to read, analyze, and create their own qualitative research studies. Included in the text is a series of "Issues and Concepts" that are at the forefront of the changing field. This text gives students in qualitative educational research a well-rounded and practical look at what qualitative research is, along with how to read, analyze, and design studies themselves.
| Author | : Daniel T. Willingham |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2012-06-20 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1118233271 |
Clear, easy principles to spot what's nonsense and what's reliable Each year, teachers, administrators, and parents face a barrage of new education software, games, workbooks, and professional development programs purporting to be "based on the latest research." While some of these products are rooted in solid science, the research behind many others is grossly exaggerated. This new book, written by a top thought leader, helps everyday teachers, administrators, and family members—who don't have years of statistics courses under their belts—separate the wheat from the chaff and determine which new educational approaches are scientifically supported and worth adopting. Author's first book, Why Don't Students Like School?, catapulted him to superstar status in the field of education Willingham's work has been hailed as "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by The Washington Post Author blogs for The Washington Post and Brittanica.com, and writes a column for American Educator In this insightful book, thought leader and bestselling author Dan Willingham offers an easy, reliable way to discern which programs are scientifically supported and which are the equivalent of "educational snake oil."
