For a wide variety of graduate or undergraduate research courses. Written in uncommonly engaging and elegant prose, this text is a "do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself" manual designed to help research students in any discipline understand the fundamental structure of quality research and the methodical process that leads to genuinely significant results. It guides the reader, step-by-step, from the selection of a problem, through the process of conducting authentic research, to the preparation of a completed report, with practical suggestions based on a solid theoretical framework and sound pedagogy. Suited for the core text in any introductory research course or even for self-instruction, this text will show students two things: 1) that quality research demands planning and design; and, 2) how their own research projects can be executed effectively and professionally.
| ISBN | 0131365665 | | Pages | 360 | | ISBN13 | 9780131365667
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 754 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Imprint | Pearson | | Previous ISBN | 9780131247208 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 279 | | Publication date | 03 Apr 2009 | | Width (mm) | 216 | | DEWEY | 001.4 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: THE FUNDAMENTALS Chapter 1. WHAT IS RESEARCH? Chapter 2. TOOLS OF RESEARCH PART II: FOCUSING YOUR RESEARCH EFFORTS Chapter 3. THE PROBLEM: THE HEART OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS Chapter 4. REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE Chapter 5. PLANNING YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT Chapter 6. WRITING THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL PART III: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES Chapter 7. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Chapter 8. HISTORICAL RESEARCH PART IV: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES Chapter 9. DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH ... Chapter 10. EXPERIMENTAL AND EX POST FACTO DESIGNS Chapter 11. STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING QUANTITATIVE DATA PART V: PREPARING THE RESEARCH REPORT Chapter 12. TECHNICAL DETAILS: STYLE, FORMAT, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE RESEARCH REPORT APPENDICES Appendix A. USING A SPREADSHEET: MICROSOFT EXCEL Appendix B. USING SPSS REFERENCES
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