With greater coverage of designs and analyses of data, more up-to-date articles, more articles to critique without help (but answers provided), and a glossary of all technical, relevant terms, the Second Edition will help researchers reach a decision about any conclusion reported in a research article.
I enjoyed the book very much. I particularly like the question-and-answer format with the text as you read the articles. The book can be useful not only in evaluating others' research, but also in evaluating your own work. The questions are ones we all should ask ourselves before we send articles off for review. The book also is helpful when students are writing their own research proposals for theses, dissertations, and other classes. It helps students review what should be in their own proposals and also what their instructors or committee members will be asking.
-- Jennifer GreerThe strategy of providing a research article, and then a set of questions without answers, and then the answers afterward, is a nice touch. . . I kept turning the page to see what Ellen wrote. I actually looked forward to Ellen getting into some good sleuthing. . . and inviting me, the reader, to follow the clues with her!
-- Jay Schindler