Dane, Francis C.

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.


English

978-1-4129-7853-8


Research--Evaluation
Research methodology

001.4 D19e c2011