Description
Book SynopsisThis text helps students learn how to select, read, understand, and evaluate the research they read. Many texts focus on the process of conducting research and not as much on how students in applied disciplines can assess and apply that research in their future professional lives; this text aims to fill that gap.
Trade ReviewThis book
will support learning for students and researchers in all avenues. Through introduction and development of key research topics, readers will gain a deeper understanding of some of the important fundamental concepts of research. -- Kristina Harshman
The authors provide a well-defined yet simple explanation of how students can find, analyze, and apply research to their own evidence-based practice. -- Hollea Ryan
This is an excellent and readable resource for doctoral students starting their dissertation process and at the beginning of their work to identify, integrate and apply scholarship to emerging research projects. It is one of the better texts I have seen in recent years that synthesizes the basic concepts for research methods and scholarly inquiry. -- Felice D. Billups
Nichols et al. do a good job showing why research is important. I love that finding peer-reviewed sources is treated as a separate topic
than the literature review. -- Trevor Brooks
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction and Overview Chapter 2: Introduction and Overview of Data-Driven Articles Chapter 3: Literature Review Chapter 4: Methods and Results: Quantitative Approaches Chapter 5: Methods and Results: Qualitative Approaches Chapter 6: Methods and Results: Mixed Methods Approaches Chapter 7: Putting it All Together - Discussion, Conclusions, and Implications
