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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  Practical Research: Planning and Design
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Written in uncommonly engaging, lucid, and elegant prose, this book is an “understand-it-yourself, do-it-yourself” manual designed to help readers 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 to study, 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. This book will show readers two things: 1) that quality research demands planning and design; and, 2) how their own research projects can be executed effectively and professionally. For researchers and research analysts in any discipline. Synopsis:Features of the seventh edition: Guidelines, Checklists, Computer Prompts, and excerpts from actual research projects guide the reader through all phases of the research process. Many new topics have been added, including: On-line research, evaluating literature, identifying appropriate measurement instruments, criteria for evaluating qualitative research, cross-sectional studies, and observation studies. Synopsis:"Practical Research" is a comprehensive guide to research methodology. Ideally suited for self-instruction, the text provides all of the basics necessary to complete an undergraduate or graduate research project in any discipline. Features of the seventh edition:
Table of Contents I. THE FUNDAMENTALS. 1. What Is Research?
2. Tools of Research.
II. FOCUSING YOUR RESEARCH EFFORTS. 3. The Problem: The Heart of the Research Process.
4. Review of the Related Literature.
5. Planning Your Research Project.
6. Writing the Research Proposal.
III. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES. 7. Qualitative Research.
8. Historical Research.
IV. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES. 9. Descriptive Research.
10. Experimental and Ex Post Facto Designs.
11. Statistical Techniques for Analyzing Quantitative Data.
V. PREPARING THE RESEARCH REPORT. 12. Technical Details: Style, Format, and Organization of the Research Report.
Appendix A: Using SPSS.
References.
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