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The critical assessment of research : traditional and new methods of evaluation / Alan Bailin and Ann Grafstein.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Chandos, 2010.Description: ix, 121 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781843345435 (pbk.)
  • 1843345439 (pbk.)
  • 9781843345442 (hbk.)
  • 1843345447 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF76.5 .B15
Contents:
Introduction -- The gold standards : Peer review ; Publisher reputation ; Author credentials ; Gold standards and the mass media ; Limitations of the gold standards -- Sponsorship and funding : Case 1: Hormone replacement therapy ; Case 2. Enron ; Case 3. The bell curve -- Research paradigms : Case 1. Intelligence testing ; Case 2. What causes ulcers? ; Case 3. Artistic canons -- The dissemination of research : Case 1. Research on homosexuality and feminist research ; Case 2. Pharmaceutical research ; Case 3. Gray literature -- Moving beyond the gold standards: tools and techniques : Investigating research ; Striking the balance.
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Introduction -- The gold standards : Peer review ; Publisher reputation ; Author credentials ; Gold standards and the mass media ; Limitations of the gold standards -- Sponsorship and funding :
Case 1: Hormone replacement therapy ;
Case 2. Enron ; Case 3. The bell curve -- Research paradigms : Case 1. Intelligence testing ; Case 2. What causes ulcers? ; Case 3. Artistic canons -- The dissemination of research : Case 1. Research on homosexuality and feminist research ; Case 2. Pharmaceutical research ; Case 3. Gray literature -- Moving beyond the gold standards: tools and techniques : Investigating research ; Striking the balance.

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