Exploring research / Neil J. Salkind.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, [Mass.] ; London : Pearson, c2012.Edition: 8th ed., International edDescription: xxi, 407 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780205114481 (pbk.) :
- 9780205114481 (Paper)
- 150.72 SAL
- H62
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.The role and importance of research -- 2.The research process: coming to terms -- 3A: Selecting a problem and reviewing the research -- 3B: The importance of practicing ethics in research -- 4.Sampling and generablizability -- 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: a close cousin to experimental research -- 13.Writing a research proposal -- 14.Writing a research manuscript.
Students of the social and behavioural sciences will find this textbook an easy to read, use and understand introduction to data gathering and analysis.