Evaluating research articles from start to finish. Ellen R. Girden.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : SAGE, 1996.Description: 288pISBN:- 9780761904458 (hbk.) :
- 9780761904465 (pbk.) :
- 0761904468 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- 001.4 GIR
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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.