Describes how to critique various types of study including: case studies, surveys, correlation studies, regression analysis studies, factor-analytic studies, discriminant analysis studies, factorial studies, and quasi-experimental studies.

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Case studies -- Ch. 3. Narrative analysis -- Ch. 4. Surveys -- Ch. 5. Correlation studies -- Ch. 6. Regression analysis studies -- Ch. 7. Factor-analytic studies -- Ch. 8. Discriminant analysis studies -- Ch. 9. Two-condition experimental studies -- Ch. 10. Single classification studies -- Ch. 11. Factorial studies -- Ch. 12. Quasi-experimental studies.