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Exploring research / Neil J. Salkind.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2009.Edition: 7th edDescription: xx, 316 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ; pbkISBN:
  • 0136011373 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780136011378 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780135025536 (pbk.)
  • 0135025532 (pbk.)
  • 9780136011378
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.72
Online resources:
Contents:
The role and importance of research -- The research process : coming to terms -- Selecting a problem and reviewing the research -- The importance of practicing ethics in research -- 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.
Summary: Students of the social and behavioural sciences will find this textbook an easy to read, use and understand introduction to data gathering and analysis.
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General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 150.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 64638
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 150.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 64639

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-299) and index.

The role and importance of research -- The research process : coming to terms -- Selecting a problem and reviewing the research -- The importance of practicing ethics in research -- 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.

Students of the social and behavioural sciences will find this textbook an easy to read, use and understand introduction to data gathering and analysis.

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