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Existing research methods textbooks emphasize the mechanics of HOW
to conduct research studies. However, many students fail to see WHY
it is important to learn about research because they will never
conduct research studies. These students do not become engaged in
learning and believe that research courses and textbooks are
useless. They do not see the need of developing "research literacy"
to understand the applications and limitations of research to their
daily lives. This book engages students with a nonmathematical
presentation that includes real examples of the consequences of
research errors in daily life. The organization facilitates
learning with objectives, concepts, description of errors, best
practices, and examples. This is a research methods textbook for
students who fear research textbooks. The diversity of topics in
this book permits application to research methods courses in these
academic fields: Economics, Education, Political Science,
Psychology, and Sociology. This should be the first book for all
students to introduce research and develop "research literacy".
Our society faces international challenges from cyber attacks and
dissemination of fake news with a goal to destabilize our society.
Fake news can be used as a weapon with destructive effects as
powerful as any military attack. Fake news can spread as fast as a
wildfire carried on the winds of social media. Students and all
citizens need to be prepared and informed of ways to quickly
understand and distinguish real and fake news. Preventing the
potential destructive effects of fake news is the purpose of this
book. The focus is upon providing a resource for educators to
develop "news literacy" skills of students in objectively
evaluating the news.
Our society faces international challenges from cyber attacks and
dissemination of fake news with a goal to destabilize our society.
Fake news can be used as a weapon with destructive effects as
powerful as any military attack. Fake news can spread as fast as a
wildfire carried on the winds of social media. Students and all
citizens need to be prepared and informed of ways to quickly
understand and distinguish real and fake news. Preventing the
potential destructive effects of fake news is the purpose of this
book. The focus is upon providing a resource for educators to
develop "news literacy" skills of students in objectively
evaluating the news.
Existing research methods textbooks emphasize the mechanics of HOW
to conduct research studies. However, many students fail to see WHY
it is important to learn about research because they will never
conduct research studies. These students do not become engaged in
learning and believe that research courses and textbooks are
useless. They do not see the need of developing "research literacy"
to understand the applications and limitations of research to their
daily lives. This book engages students with a nonmathematical
presentation that includes real examples of the consequences of
research errors in daily life. The organization facilitates
learning with objectives, concepts, description of errors, best
practices, and examples. This is a research methods textbook for
students who fear research textbooks. The diversity of topics in
this book permits application to research methods courses in these
academic fields: Economics, Education, Political Science,
Psychology, and Sociology. This should be the first book for all
students to introduce research and develop "research literacy".
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