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Understanding Research Becoming a Competent and Critical Consumer

by: Jones, W. Paul; Kottler, Jeffrey

Understanding Research Becoming a Competent and Critical Consumer

by: Jones, W. Paul; Kottler, Jeffrey

ISBN 13:
9780131198449
ISBN 10:
0131198440
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/17/2005
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

Understanding Research: Becoming A Compotent and Critical Consumer, first edition, teaches students how to read research articles and can be used as a core text in an introduction to educational research course or any course that focuses on teaching students how to read research articles. It can also be used as a supplementary text in courses that cover both producing and consuming research. This is the only text available that focuses primarily on teaching students how to read research articles.

What Is Research and Why Should You Care?

(16)

Research in the Social Sciences

(4)

What Is It?

(1)

Why Is It Important?

(2)

Where Do I Find It?

(2)

Two Views of the World: Quantitative and Qualitative

(3)

Deciphering a Research Report: Parts of the Whole

(2)

The Skeptical Mindset

(2)

Summary and Closing Thoughts

(1)

Answer for Reflective Exercise

(1)

What Is the Question and Why Is It Important? Evaluating the Introduction of a Research Report

(30)

Introducing the Introduction

(1)

What to Look for in the Introduction

(2)

Evaluating the Introduction

(6)

Evaluating the Context and Significance

(3)

Evaluating the Literature Review

(2)

Evaluating the Objectives of the Study

(1)

Identifying the Research Strategy: Quantitative, Qualitative, or Mixed Methods

(1)

Special Considerations in Quantitative Studies

(6)

Linear Approach

(1)

Evaluating the Context and Significance

(1)

Evaluating the Literature Review

(1)

Evaluating the Objectives of the Study

(3)

Special Considerations in Qualitative Studies

(4)

Holistic versus Linear

(1)

Evaluating the Context and Significance

(1)

Evaluating the Literature Review

(1)

Evaluating the Research Questions

(1)

Summary and Closing Thoughts

(1)

An Exercise for Review

(8)

Template for Evaluating the Introduction

(1)

Selected Content for Evaluation

(5)

Examples of Evaluation

(2)

Who Answered the Question? Evaluating the Participant Sample

(28)

Primary Topics in the Method Section

(1)

Definitions

(3)

Target Population

(1)

Research Sample

(1)

Accessible Population

(1)

Inanimate Research Sample

(2)

The First Question

(1)

What Do You Need to Know?

(1)

Evaluation Tool One: What Is the Target Population?

(1)

Evaluation Tool Two: Who Participated in the Study?

(2)

Evaluation Tool Three: Where Were the Participants?

(1)

Evaluation Tool Four: When Were the Data Gathered?

(1)

Evaluation Tool Five: How Was the Sample Selected?

(9)

Lower-Risk Sampling Procedures

(3)

Higher-Risk Sampling Procedures

(4)

Evaluation Tool Six: Why Was This Sample Selected?

(1)

Summary and Closing Thoughts

(1)

An Exercise for Review

(3)

Template for Evaluating the Participants

(1)

Selected Content for Evaluation

(1)

Example of Evaluation

(1)

Answers for Reflective Exercises

(3)

Could They Answer the Question? Evaluating the Procedures and Instrumentation

(24)

Research Designs

(1)

Answering the Key Question

(1)

Evaluating the Procedures: Sufficient Information?

(1)

Evaluating the Procedures: Appropriate for the Question?

(1)

Qualitative Procedures

(8)

Overview of the Approach

(2)

Evaluating Procedures in a Qualitative Study

(6)

Evaluating the Instruments

(4)

Reliability and Validity

(1)

Qualitative Instruments

(1)

Quantitative Instruments

(2)

Summary and Closing Thoughts

(1)

An Exercise for Review

(4)

Template for Evaluating Procedures and Instrumentation

(1)

Selected Content for Evaluation

(3)

Example of Evaluation

(1)

Answer for Reflective Exercise

(1)

What Was the (Simple) Answer, Please? Evaluating the Results Section

100

(32)

What to Look for in the Results Section

103

(4)

Qualitative Features

104

(2)

Quantitative Features

106

(1)

Breaking the Code

107

(21)

Descriptive Statistics

108

(6)

Inferential Statistics

114

(14)

Summary and Closing Thoughts

128

(2)

An Exercise for Review

130

(1)

Answer for Reflective Exercise

131

(1)

So, Now What? Evaluating the Discussion Section

132

(14)

How Prior Beliefs May Influence Your Evaluation

135

(1)

A Rose by Any Other Name: Recognizing Significance

136

(4)

Statistical Significance

137

(1)

Practical Significance

137

(1)

Theoretical Significance

138

(2)

Summary of Findings

140

(1)

Conclusions

140

(1)

Implications of Findings

141

(1)

Limitations of the Study

142

(1)

Need for Further Research

143

(1)

Template for Evaluation

143

(1)

Summary and Closing Thoughts

144

(2)

Not the Last Chapter

146

(31)

One More Thing

147

(1)

Before We Leave

148

(1)

An Exercise for Review

149

(28)

Template for Evaluating the Research Report

149

(1)

Selected Content for Evaluation

150

(27)

Appendix A Teaching Ethics to Mental Health Practica Students at the Master's Level: A Comparative Study

177

(8)

Marty Sapp

Appendix B Segregated Classrooms, Integrated Intent: How One School Responded to the Challenge of Developing Positive Interethnic Relations

185

(20)

Rosemary C. Henze

Appendix C Procrastination in College Students: The Role of Self-Efficacy and Anxiety

205

(12)

Laurel A. Haycock

Patricia McCarthy

Carol L. Skay

Bibliography

217

(2)

Index

219

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Understanding Research Becoming a Competent and Critical Consumer

Understanding Research Becoming a Competent and Critical Consumer

9780131198449

0131198440

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