Exploring Research and SPSS 13.0 Package

 1. The Role and Importance of Research.   

  2. The Research Process: Coming to Terms. 



  3. Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research.



  4. Sampling and Generalizability.

 

  5. Measurement, Reliability, and Validity. 

 

  6. Methods of Measuring Behavior.

  7. Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics.

 

  8. Introducing Inferential Statistics. 

 

  9. Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methods.

10. Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods.

11. Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods.

12. Quasi-Experimental Research Methods: A Close Cousin to True Experimental Research.

13. Writing a Research Proposal.

14. Writing a Research Manuscript.

Appendix A: An Introduction to SPSS 13.x.

Appendix B: Sample Data Set

Appendix C: Answers to Exercises.

 

References.

 

Glossary.

 

Index.