Reading and Understanding Research 3/e

Preface Acknowledgments Part I: The Nature and Uses of Research Reports Chapter 1: The Research Report Chapter 2: When to Believe What You Read: The Sources of Credibility Chapter 3: How to Select and Read Research Reports Chapter 4: The Use, Misuse, and Misunderstanding of Research Chapter 5: Types of Research: An Overview of Variety Part II: Quantitative Research Chapter 6: Quantitative Research Designs Chapter 7: Staying Organized When Reading a Quantitative Report Chapter 8: Explaining as a Tool for Learning to Read Reports Chapter 9: Reading Reports of Quantitative Research-Critically: Things to Notice and Questions to Ask Part III: Qualitative Research Chapter 10: The Paradigms for Qualitative Research Chapter 11: Staying Organized When Reading a Qualitative Report Chapter 12: Reading Reports of Qualitative Research-Critically: Things the Reader Should Expect Part IV: Reading Research Reviews Chapter 13: Staying Organized When Reading Research Reviews Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of Supplementary References Appendix B: Statistics: A Beginner's Guide References Name Index Subject Index About the Authors