Exploring Research

by Salkind, Neil J.

• ISBN13: 9780136011378
• ISBN10: 0136011373
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

The 7th edition ofExploring Researchprovides an introduction to research methods in a friendly, approachable writing style. It explores the use of electronic sources (the Internet) as a means to enhance research skills; it includes discussions about scientific methods; and it incorporates the most common types of research models in the social and behavioral sciences, including qualitative methods.It provides coverage of the research process, problem selection, sampling and generalizability; a discussion of the measurement process provides a comprehensive resource for those seeking to further their research skills. It also describes how to collect and analyze data, and provides thorough instruction on how to prepare and write a research proposal and manuscript. An excellent handbook for those in the social, behavioral, and health science fields.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Role and Importance of Research

The Research Process: Coming to Terms

Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research

Ethics: The Basic Principles

Sampling and Generalizability

Measurement, Reliability, and Validity

Methods of Measuring Behavior

Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics

Introducing Inferential Statistics

Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methods

Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods

Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods

Quasi-Experimental Research: A Close Cousin to Experimental Research

Writing a Research Proposal

Writing A Research Manuscript

An Introduction to SPSS 16.x

Sample Data Set

References

Glossary

Index

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