Evaluating Research Articles From Start to Finish

Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4129-7446-2
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 777 g

This thoroughly updated new edition of the bestselling text trains students—potential researchers and consumers of research—to critically read a research article from start to finish. Containing 25 engaging samples of ideal and flawed research, the text helps students assess the soundness of the design and appropriateness of the statistical analyses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Girden, Ellen R.

Girden, Ellen Robinson

Kabacoff, Robert

Kabacoff, Robert Ira

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
1. Introduction
2. Case Studies
3. Narrative Analysis
4. Surveys
5. Correlation Studies
6. Regression Analysis Studies
7. Factor-Analytic Studies
8. Discriminant Analysis Studies
9. Two-Condition Experimental Studies
10. Single Classification Studies
11. Factorial Studies
12. Quasi-Experimental Studies
13. Longitudinal Studies
Answers to Study Example Critiques
Glossary
Author Index
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kabacoff, Robert Ira
Robert I. Kabacoff received a bachelor’s degree in
psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1978 and a doctorate in
clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1985. He
completed a post-doctoral fellowship in family research at Brown University
Medical School in 1986. In 1987,  he
joined the faculty in the Center for Psychological Studies at Nova University,
teaching courses in psychopathology, family therapy, multivariate statistical
methods, and statistical computing. From 1990 to 1993, he served as the
Center’s Director of Research Support and Training, and was promoted to Associate
Professor in 1990 and Professor a few years later.In 1997, Robert moved to Portland, Maine to take a
position as Vice President of Research with the Management Research Group, an
international organizational development and consulting firm. His primarily
research interests are in the areas of diversity and leadership, cross-cultural
issues, and the development of effective leadership in a global economy. For
the past decade he has been actively engaged in research and consultation with
academic, governmental, and business organizations in North America, Western
Europe, Africa, and the Pacific Rim.