Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Research and Practice in Communicative Disorders -- Knowledge Acquisition -- The Scientific Method -- Scientific Theory -- The Conduct of Scientific Research -- The Nature of Research in Communicative Disorders -- Evidence-Based Practice -- Research-Practice Relationships -- The Editorial Process in the Publication of a Research Article -- The Challenge of Cyberspace -- Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Information Sources -- The Knowledge Base of the Reader -- 2. The Introduction Section of the Research Article -- The Nature of Technical Writing -- Components of the Introduction -- General Statement of the Problem -- The Rationale for the Study -- Review of the Literature -- Research Questions and Hypotheses -- Limitations of the Study -- Example: Introduction to a Research Study -- 3. Research Strategies in Communicative Disorders -- Quantitative Research -- Variables in Empirical Research -- Experimental Research -- Descriptive Research -- Combined Experimental and Descriptive Research -- The Title of a Quantitative Research Article --Qualitative Research -- Types of Qualitative Research -- The Title of a Qualitative Research Article -- Mixed-Methods Research -- 4. Research Design in Communicative Disorders -- Quantitative Research Design -- Group research Designs -- Single-Subject Research Designs -- Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research Design -- Validity Issues in Research Design -- Internal Validity-- External Validity -- Pilot Research -- 5. The Method Section of the Research Article -- Components of the Method Section -- Subjects (Participants) -- Materials -- Procedures -- 6. The Results Section of the Research Article -- Organization of Quantitative Results -- Data Distributions -- Descriptive Statistics -- Some Characteristics of Clear Data Organizations -- Data Analysis -- The Normal Curve Model -- Bivariate Descriptive Statistics -- Statistical Significance -- Correlational Analysis -- Inferential Statistics -- Data Display -- Some Characteristics of Clear Data Display -- 7. The Discussion and Conclusions Section of the Research Article -- Organization of the Discussion and the Conclusions Section -- Relationships of the Conclusions to Preceding Parts of the Article -- Relationships of Results to Previous Research -- Limitations of the Research Study -- Implications of the Research Study -- The Abstract of the Research Article -- 8. Evaluating Treatment Efficacy Research -- Evidence-Based Practice -- Generalizability of Research Findings -- Levels of Evidence -- Experimental Deigns for Studying Treatment Efficacy -- Pre-Experimental Designs -- Quasi-Experimental Designs -- True Experimental Designs -- Systematic Reviews