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Exploring Research, 7th Edition

By Neil J. Salkind

ISBN-10: 0-13-601137-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-601137-8

Published by Prentice Hall

Pub. Date: Feb 8, 2008

Format: Paper

Description

The 7th edition of Exploring Research provides an introduction to research methods in a friendly, approachable writing style. It explores the use of electronic sources (the Internet) as a means to enhance research skills; it includes discussions about scientific methods; and it incorporates the most common types of research models in the social and behavioral sciences, including qualitative methods.It provides coverage of the research process, problem selection, sampling and generalizability; a discussion of the measurement process provides a comprehensive resource for those seeking to further their research skills. It also describes how to collect and analyze data, and provides thorough instruction on how to prepare and write a research proposal and manuscript.

Preface

Chapter 1:            The Role and Importance of Research

Chapter 2:            The Research Process: Coming to Terms

Chapter 3A:          Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research

Chapter 3B:         Ethics: The Basic Principles

Chapter 4:            Sampling and Generalizability

Chapter 5:            Measurement, Reliability, and Validity

Chapter 6:            Methods of Measuring Behavior

Chapter 7:            Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics

Chapter 8:            Introducing Inferential Statistics

Chapter 9:            Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methods

Chapter 10:          Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods

Chapter 11:          Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods

Chapter 12:          Quasi-Experimental Research: A Close Cousin to Experimental Research

Chapter 13:          Writing a Research Proposal

Chapter 14:          Writing A Research Manuscript

Appendix A:         An Introduction to SPSS 16.x

Appendix B:         Sample Data Set

References

Glossary

Index

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