Evaluating Research Articles From Start to Finish / Edition 3

by Ellen Robinson Girden, Robert Ira Kabacoff

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412974462
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/20/2010
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"Girden and Kabacoff provide readers with valuable suggestions for reading, evaluating, and assessing research articles in terms of the design employed and techniques used to carry out statistical analysis of the data collected... the well-written work provides guidance to students as well as professionals on how to examine research reports and articles with an inquisitive mind."

D. V. Chopra

"Girden and Kabacoff provide readers with valuable suggestions for reading, evaluating, and assessing research articles in terms of the design employed and techniques used to carry out statistical analysis of the data collected... the well-written work provides guidance to students as well as professionals on how to examine research reports and articles with an inquisitive mind. "

D.V. Chopra