Practical research : planning and design
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Practical research : planning and design
Merrill, c2010
9th ed
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Includes bibliographical references(p. 325-328) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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