Understanding and evaluating research : a critical guide / Sue McGregor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the author -- Introduction -- Critical research literacy -- Philosophical and theoretical aspects of research -- Research methodologies -- Conceptual frameworks, theories, and models -- Orienting and supportive elements of research -- Orienting and supportive secondary elements of a journal article -- Peer reviewed journals -- Research justifications, augmentation, and rationales -- Introduction and research questions -- Literature review -- Research design and research methods -- Overview of research design and methods -- Reporting qualitative research methods -- Reporting quantitative and mixed methods research -- Results and findings -- Statistical literacy and conventions -- Descriptive and inferential statistics -- Results and findings -- Discussion, conclusions, and recommendations -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Argumentative essays and theoretical papers -- Argumentative essays: position, discussion, and think piece papers -- Conceptual and theoretical articles -- Appendix -- References -- Index.