Synopses & Reviews
Picture yourself sitting down to read the latest issue of your favorite journal. Are you prepared? Do you know what to look for? Will you identify crucial defects in methodology, or will they slip by you? Having the background and training to critique research intelligently is imperative to appraise the value of the articles. And the best way to become an informed consumer of research is by learning critical thinking techniques. Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields is a provocative volume that provides innovative methods for reviewing research from any area in the social sciences.
Part I is a clear and systematic presentation of those research principles that must be known to evaluate research. Chapter topics include research questions and hypotheses, population samples, controls and experimental design, data analysis, conclusions, and ethics. Part II provides a series of brief and realistic, but fictional, journal articles that have flaws ranging from nearly blatant to extremely subtle. Each article is accompanied by commentary. These articles provide challenging and enjoyable mental calisthenics for researchers at all levels. Clever and engagingly written, Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields fills a critical gap in the social science literature.
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This book equips you with the tools you need to identify critical errors in research and to reduce them to a minimum in your own work.
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