Evaluating Research in Academic Journals: A Practical Guide to Realistic Evaluation / Edition 6

by Fred Pyrczak

Overview

• A supplementary guide for students who are learning how to evaluate reports of empirical research published in academic journals.

• Your students will learn the practical aspects of evaluating research, not just how to apply a laundry list of technical terms from their textbooks.

• Each chapter is organized around evaluation questions. For each question, there is a concise explanation of how to apply it in the evaluation of research reports.

• Numerous examples from journals in the social and behavioral sciences illustrate the application of the evaluation questions. Students see actual examples of strong and weak features of published reports.

• Commonsense models for evaluation combined with a lack of jargon make it possible for students to start evaluating research articles the first week of class.

• The structure of this book enables students to work with confidence while evaluating articles for homework.

• Avoids oversimplification in the evaluation process by describing the nuances that may make an article publishable even though it has serious methodological flaws. Students learn when and why certain types of flaws may be tolerated. They learn why evaluation should not be performed mechanically.

• This book received very high student evaluations when field-tested with students just beginning their study of research methods.

• Contains more than 60 new examples from recently published research. In addition, minor changes have been made throughout for consistency with the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936523344
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/2017
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Maria Tcherni-Buzzeo is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of New Haven. She received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany (SUNY), and her research has been published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Deviant Behavior.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Seventh Edition

1. Background for Evaluating Research Reports

2. Evaluating Titles

3. Evaluating Abstracts

4. Evaluating Introductions and Literature Reviews

5. A Closer Look at Evaluating Literature Reviews

6. Evaluating Samples When Researchers Generalize

7. Evaluating Samples When Researchers Do Not Generalize

8. Evaluating Measures

9. Evaluating Experimental Procedures

10. Evaluating Analysis and Results Sections: Quantitative Research

11. Evaluating Analysis and Results Sections: Qualitative Research

12. Evaluating Analysis and Results Sections: Mixed Methods Research Anne Lee Kringen

13. Evaluating Discussion Sections

14. Evaluating Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Towards Evidence-Based Practice

15. Putting It All Together

Appendix A: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed-Methods Research: An Overview

Appendix B: A Special Case of Program or Policy Evaluation

Appendix C: The Limitations of Significance Testing

Appendix D: Checklist of Evaluation Questions