This collection shows students the many inherent weaknesses of empirical methods as well as models of excellence. Unlike research readers that contain made-up articles, this one has both face validity and content validity. Your students will appreciate reading real articles with real results. The 33 research articles in this collection deal with broad issues in education and psychology. Discussion of these articles in class makes research methods come alive.

New to this edition: This edition of our popular reader is entirely updated with timely articles that deal with broad issues in education and psychology. (For a research reader with emphasis on classroom issues, see A Cross Section of Educational Research, and for a reader emphasizing clinical issues in psychology, see A Cross Section of Psychological Research.)