Evaluating research : methodology for people who need to read research /
Francis C. Dane.
- California : SAGE Pub., 2011.
- xv, 371 p.: ill. 23 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index
Introduction -- Designing an online study -- Research standards and ethical considerations -- Using email for data collection -- Researching using instant messaging and chat -- Survey research on the Internet -- The world of Web 2.0: blogs, wikis and websites -- Accessing and using Web-based data -- Analyzing the data -- Emerging research opportunities -- Presenting your results -- Some additional challenges for online researchers -- Appendix 1 : Acronyms and jargon terms -- Appendix 2 : Web links.
This book guides students on how to understand and interpret research articles and how to evaluate what was done in the research.