Quite a good hack is to look at the first year reading lists on uni courses. Generally, these are online on the course descriptions and are at the level it sounds like you're looking for with the added bonus of being vetted by the respective uni. Some of it might be textbooks but most also have shorter summaries or other types of materials. One of my courses had a small detective novel.
Also, don't get too intimidated by journals; they're just structured in a specific way and with academic language but at the core, there's a question, a bit of research and data, then a summary. Read the intro and the summary and you'll get all the info you need.
I'd also suggest you look into some basic stats to help understand what the results of a study actually mean. Probably a YT video on it somewhere, but it'll help in comparing research and in understanding how certain (significant, in stats terminology) a result is.
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Reply to How do I find out who knows what they are talking about? by felix_using_reddit
Quite a good hack is to look at the first year reading lists on uni courses. Generally, these are online on the course descriptions and are at the level it sounds like you're looking for with the added bonus of being vetted by the respective uni. Some of it might be textbooks but most also have shorter summaries or other types of materials. One of my courses had a small detective novel.
Also, don't get too intimidated by journals; they're just structured in a specific way and with academic language but at the core, there's a question, a bit of research and data, then a summary. Read the intro and the summary and you'll get all the info you need.
I'd also suggest you look into some basic stats to help understand what the results of a study actually mean. Probably a YT video on it somewhere, but it'll help in comparing research and in understanding how certain (significant, in stats terminology) a result is.