About the Book

The Reviewer’s Guide is designed for evaluators of research manuscripts and proposals in the social and behavioural sciences, and beyond. Its 31 uniquely structured chapters cover both traditional and emerging methods of quantitative data analysis which neither junior nor veteran reviewers can be expected to know in detail. The book updates readers on each technique’s key principles, appropriate usage, underlying assumptions, and limitations. It thereby assists reviewers to offer constructive commentary on works they evaluate, and also serves as an indispensable author’s reference for preparing sound research manuscripts and proposals. Key features include:

Comprehensive Coverage – Thirty-one chapters cover virtually all of the popular classic and emerging statistical techniques needed in order to review a manuscript’s methodological approach to data analysis. In addition, the volume serves as an indispensable reference tool for anyone designing their own research.

Unique Chapter Format – For ease of use, all chapters follow the same highly structured design.

• The opening page of each chapter explains the purpose of that statistical method.
• Pages 2 & 3 provide a table listing various criteria that should be considered when applying that methodological approach to data analysis.
• The remainder of each chapter contains numbered sections corresponding to the numbered criteria listed in the opening table. Each section will explain the importance of that particular criterion.

Expert Chapter Authors – Chapters are written by methodological and applied scholars who are expert in the particular statistical method being reviewed.

Audience – This volume is an indispensable reference tool for any serious scholar in the social and behavioural sciences and for the libraries serving them.