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Girden, Ellen R.

Evaluating research articles from start to finish. Ellen R. Girden. - London : SAGE, 1996. - 288p.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : threats to internal validity, threats to statistical conclusion validity, plan of the critiques -- Two sample studies -- Case studies -- Narrative analysis -- Surveys -- Correlation studies -- Regression analysis studies -- Factor analytic studies -- Discriminant analysis studies -- Two-condition experimental studies -- Single classification studies -- Factorial studies -- Quasi-experimental studies.

Girden uses examples of good as well as flawed research studies and explains how to decide whether the conclusions reported in an article are justified on the basis of the design and analysis of the experiment.

ISBN: 9780761904458 (hbk.) : �44.95 9780761904465 (pbk.) : �20.50 0761904468 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN: 96010033

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Research design and methods.
Research--Statistical methods
Research--Evaluation
Social sciences--Research--Evaluation
Data Collection.
Biometry.
Research Design.
Research.
Society.
Biography & non-fiction prose
Communication studies
Social research & statistics

Dewey Class. No.: 001.4 GIR