Evaluating research in communicative disorders
By: Nicholas Schiavetti, Dale Evan Metz, Robert F. Orlikoff
Contributors: Metz, Dale Evan; Orlikoff, Robert F.
Edition: 6th ed.
Series: The Allyn & Bacon communication sciences and disorders series; Allyn & Bacon communication sciences and disorders series
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780137151554
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.Research and Practice in Communicative Disorders; title: Knowledge Acquisition; title: The Scientific Method; title: Scientific Theory; title: The Conduct of Scientific Research; title: The Nature of Research in Communicative Disorders; title: Evidence-Based Practice; title: Research-Practice Relationships; title: The Editorial Process in the Publication of a Research Article; title: The Challenge of Cyberspace; title: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Information Sources; title: The Knowledge Base of the Reader; title: 2. The Introduction Section of the Research Article; title: The Nature of Technical Writing; title: Components of the Introduction; title: General Statement of the Problem; title: The Rationale for the Study; title: Review of the Literature; title: Research Questions and Hypotheses; title: Limitations of the Study; title: Example: Introduction to a Research Study; title: 3. Research Strategies in Communicative Disorders; title: Quantitative Research; title: Variables in Empirical Research; title: Experimental Research; title: Descriptive Research; title: Combined Experimental and Descriptive Research; title: The Title of a Quantitative Research Article; title: Qualitative Research; title: Types of Qualitative Research; title: The Title of a Qualitative Research Article; title: Mixed-Methods Research; title: 4. Research Design in Communicative Disorders; title: Quantitative Research Design; title: Group research Designs; title: Single-Subject Research Designs; title: Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research Design; title: Validity Issues in Research Design; title: Internal Validity; title: External Validity; title: Pilot Research; title: 5. The Method Section of the Research Article; title: Components of the Method Section; title: Subjects (Participants); title: Materials; title: Procedures; title: 6. The Results Section of the Research Article; title: Organization of Quantitative Results; title: Data Distributions; title: Descriptive Statistics; title: Some Characteristics of Clear Data Organizations; title: Data Analysis; title: The Normal Curve Model; title: Bivariate Descriptive Statistics; title: Statistical Significance; title: Correlational Analysis; title: Inferential Statistics; title: Data Display; title: Some Characteristics of Clear Data Display; title: 7. The Discussion and Conclusions Section of the Research Article; title: Organization of the Discussion and the Conclusions Section; title: Relationships of the Conclusions to Preceding Parts of the Article; title: Relationships of Results to Previous Research; title: Limitations of the Research Study; title: Implications of the Research Study; title: The Abstract of the Research Article; title: 8. Evaluating Treatment Efficacy Research; title: Evidence-Based Practice; title: Generalizability of Research Findings; title: Levels of Evidence; title: Experimental Deigns for Studying Treatment Efficacy; title: Pre-Experimental Designs; title: Quasi-Experimental Designs; title: True Experimental Designs; title: Systematic Reviews