Exploring research / Neil J. Salkind.
Material type: TextPublication 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
- 150.72
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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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