Who to believe? How to assess the integrity of research.

One of the problems with relying on research presented on Internet sites is that it's sometimes hard to separate the wheat from the chaff - especially if you are not familiar with the researcher or the organisation publishing the material. Here's a useful, easy-to-read paper on Evaluating Research Quality, showing you how to decide for yourself whether what you are reading is just propaganda. The paper also provides a number of online references for those who want to read more on this topic.