Exploring Research

International Edition

Neil J. Salkind (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2008 | 7th edition
Pearson (Verlag)
9780135025536 (ISBN)

Infos

Exploring Research is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. This best-selling text focuses on presenting the basics of research in the social and behavioral sciences in an informative and personable manner with a growing emphasisis on electronic searching.

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The 7th edition of Exploring Research provides 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. 

Inhalt

  Preface                                                                                                                        

Chapter 1:            The Role and Importance of Research                                 

Chapter 2:            The Research Process: Coming to Terms                               

Chapter 3A:          Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research       

Chapter 3B:         Ethics: The Basic Principles

Chapter 4:            Sampling and Generalizability                                   

Chapter 5:            Measurement, Reliability, and Validity                      

Chapter 6:            Methods of Measuring Behavior                              

Chapter 7:            Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics                 

Chapter 8:            Introducing Inferential Statistics                                

Chapter 9:            Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methods

Chapter 10:          Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods                  

Chapter 11:          Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods                    

Chapter 12:          Quasi-Experimental Research: A Close Cousin to Experimental Research                                                               

Chapter 13:          Writing a Research Proposal                                                

Chapter 14:          Writing A Research Manuscript                                           

Appendix A:         An Introduction to SPSS 16.x                                             

Appendix B:         Sample Data Set                                                                             

References                                                                                                                  

Glossary                                                                                                                      

Index                   

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.3.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 274 x 215 mm
• Gewicht: 636 g
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• ISBN-13: 9780135025536 / 9780135025536
• Zustand: Neuware