Practical Research : Planning and Design

by LEEDY

• ISBN13: 9780023692420
• ISBN10: 0023692421
• Edition: 5th
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

Summary

Written in uncommonly engaging, lucid, and elegant prose, this book is an "understand-it-yourself, do-it-yourself" manual designed to help readers understand the fundamental structure of quality research and the methodical process that leads to genuinely significant results. & It guides the reader, step-by-step, from the selection of a problem to study, through the process of conducting authentic research, to the preparation of a completed report, with practical suggestions based on a solid theoretical framework and sound pedagogy. This book will show readers two things: 1) that quality research demands planning and design; and, 2) how their own research projects can be executed effectively and professionally. For researchers and research analysts in any discipline.

Table of Contents

The Fundamentals

What Is Research?

Tools of Research

Focusing Your Research Efforts

The Problem: The Heart of the Research Process

Review of the Related Literature

Planning Your Research Design

Writing the Research Proposal

Qualitative Research Methodologies

Qualitative Research

Historical Research

Quantitative Research Methodologies

Descriptive Research

Experimental and Causal Comparative Designs

Statistical Techniques for Analyzing Quantitative Data

Preparing The Research Report

Technical Details: Style, Format, and Organization of the Research Report

References

Index

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