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Conducting Research

Social and Behavioral Science Methods
Buch | Softcover
244 Seiten
2005
Pyrczak Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-884585-60-9 (ISBN)
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• Prepares students to conduct their first empirical research study, with quantitative and qualitative methods covered in detail. Common features as well as differences between the two research approaches are explored.


• While theoretical material is included, the emphasis is on providing practical, easy-to-follow advice on how to conduct a first research project.


• Unlike most texts with hypothetical examples, this text—with real examples written by a variety of published researchers—makes research methods come alive. Students see how research methods are used to explore important, contemporary problems.


• Factual Questions at the end of each chapter help students review key concepts covered in the chapters.


• Questions for Discussion encourage students to consider specific techniques and strategies that they might use while conducting their research.

Part A Getting Started


1. Selecting Tentative Topics for Empirical Research


2. Locating Literature and Refining a Research Topic


3. Preparing a Literature Review


4. Citing References in APA and ASA Styles


5. Writing Research Hypotheses, Purposes, and Questions


6. Selecting a Research Approach


7. Looking Ahead to Participant Selection


8. Looking Ahead to Measurement


9. Looking Ahead to Data Analysis for Quantitative Research


10. Looking Ahead to Data Analysis for Qualitative Research


11. Preparing a Preliminary Research Proposal


SECTION II REFINING THE PRELIMINARY RESEARCH PROPOSAL


Part B Issues in Participant Selection


12. Participant Selection in Quantitative Research


13. Participant Selection in Qualitative Research


Part C Issues in Measurement


14. Measurement in Quantitative Research


15. Writing Objective Measures


16. Measurement in Qualitative Research


Part D Techniques for Data Analysis


17. Descriptive Statistics for Quantitative and Qualitative Research


18. Correlational Statistics for Quantitative Research


19. Inferential Statistics for Quantitative Research


20. A Closer Look at Data Analysis in Qualitative Research


Part E Issues in Conducting Surveys


21. Issues in Participant Selection for Surveys


22. Issues in Measuring Demographics in Surveys


23. Issues in the Use of Questionnaires in Surveys


Part F Issues in Conducting Experiments


24. Introduction to Experimentation and Threats to External Validity


25. Threats to Internal Validity and True Experiments


26. Pre-Experiments and Quasi-Experiments


Part G Putting It All Together


27. Writing Reports of Empirical Research


Appendices


A. A Closer Look at Interpreting Correlation Coefficients


B. Focus Group Methodology in Qualitative Research


C. An Overview of Program Evaluation


D. Ethical Issues in Conducting Research


Sample Literature Reviews


1. Associations Between Marital Happiness, Problems, and Health


2. Effects of Random Student Drug Testing in High School


3. College Students’ Perceptions of Their Grandparents and Communication Technology Use


4. A Review of Interventions for Substance Use Among Homeless Youth


Tables


1. Table of Random Numbers


2. Table of Recommended Sample Sizes for Populations With Finite Sizes


Subject Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.1.2005
Verlagsort Los Angeles
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10 1-884585-60-4 / 1884585604
ISBN-13 978-1-884585-60-9 / 9781884585609
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