Practical Research : Planning and Design (with MyEducationLab)

by Leedy, Paul D.; Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis

• ISBN13: 9780136100874
• ISBN10: 0136100872
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

For a wide variety of graduate or undergraduate research courses. Written in uncommonly engaging and elegant prose, this text is a "do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself ; manual designed to help research students in any discipline 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, 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. Suited for the core text in any introductory research course or even for self-instruction, this text will show students two things: 1) that quality research demands planning and design; and, 2) how their own research projects can be executed effectively and professionally.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

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 Project

Writing The Research Proposal

Qualitative Research Methodologies

Qualitative Research

Historical Research

Quantitative Research Methodologies

Descriptive Research

Experimental And Ex Post Facto Designs

Strategies For Analyzing Quantitative Data

Preparing The Research Report

Technical Details: Style, Format, And Organization Of The Research Report

Appendices

Using A Spreadsheet: Microsoft Excel

Using Spss

References

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