Pt. I. The Nature and Uses of Research Reports -- 1. The Research Report -- 2. When to Believe What You Read: The Sources of Credibility -- 3. How to Select and Read Research Reports -- 4. The Use, Misuse, and Misunderstanding of Research -- 5. Types of Research: An Overview of Variety -- Pt. II. Quantitative Research -- 6. Quantitative Research Designs -- 7. Staying Organized When Reading a Quantitative Report -- 8. Explaining as a Tool for Learning to Read Reports -- 9. Reading Reports of Quantitative Research-Critically: Things to Notice and Questions to Ask -- Pt. III. Qualitative Research -- 10. The Paradigms for Qualitative Research -- 11. Staying Organized When Reading a Qualitative Report -- 12. Reading Reports of Qualitative Research-Critically: Things the Reader Should Expect -- Pt. IV. Reading Research Reviews -- 13. Staying Organized When Reading Research Reviews -- Appendix A. Annotated Bibliography of Supplementary References.

Appendix B. Statistics: A Beginner's Guide.