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Understanding Research: Becoming a Competent and Critical Consumer

Understanding Research: Becoming a Competent and Critical ConsumerAuthors: W. Paul Jones, Jeffrey Kottler
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8 x 0.5

ISBN: 0131198440
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.170281
EAN: 9780131198449
ASIN: 0131198440

Publication Date: February 27, 2005
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Understanding Research: Becoming A Compotent and Critical Consumer, first edition, teaches students how to read research articles and can be used as a core text in an introduction to educational research course or any course that focuses on teaching students how to read research articles. It can also be used as a supplementary text in courses that cover both producing and consuming research. This is the only text available that focuses primarily on teaching students how to read research articles.


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5 out of 5 stars Review   April 3, 2009
Mary Ann Zeisler (Helena, MT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The book has been very good and useful in understanding research, especially the differences between qualitative and quantitative.


5 out of 5 stars Research with a twist of humor   July 6, 2009
Sharon Mast (Reading, Pa)
This is a great book for anyone new to research or wanting a review. It is easy to read, takes you step by step through the process and the authors actually tell you when its time to put the book down and take a break so you don't get on 'overload' - that bit of humor is sprinkled throughout the book. Good examples shared. I highly recommend it!


5 out of 5 stars Book makes understanding research simple.   September 12, 2007
Mary K. Haubenreiser (Oak Lawn, IL USA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful

This is a good book for breaking down and analyzing research papers. It goes step by step and provides plenty of easy to read analytical tools.


4 out of 5 stars A good foundational book on research papers   November 3, 2009
Robert L. Jacobs
This is a good book for obtaining a basis understanding of research papers. It starts with the basis concepts of a research article. What is research, what is the question, who answered the question, etc. Then proceeds into the core of introduction, method, results and discussion.



3 out of 5 stars Interesting, simplified   October 22, 2009
Valerie F. Arena (PA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is not a bad book for research theory, not one of the best, nor one of the worst. It is relatively simple and easy to read.