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EXPLORING RESEARCH
SALKIND N. wydawnictwo: PRENTICE HALL , rok wydania 2003, wydanie V cena netto: 230.00 Twoja cena 218,50 zł + 5% vat - dodaj do koszyka Exploring Research
Brief Description
For upper-level undergraduate and masters-level Research Methods courses in departments of
Psychology, Business, Nursing, Social Work, Political Science and Education.
The fifth edition of Exploring Research provides an introduction to research methods in a
friendly, approachable writing style. The text explores the use of electronic sources as
means to enhance research skills, includes discussions about scientific methods, and the
most common types of research in the social and behavioural sciences. Coverage of the
research process, problem selection, sampling and generalizability, and the measurement
process provides an exhaustive resource for students seeking to further their research
skills. The text also describes how to collect and analyse data, and provides thorough
instruction on how to prepare and write a research proposal and manuscript. Principles of
data analysis are exemplified using the SR latest version of SPSS.
Features
- NEW
Qualitative Methods chapter added Provides students with an introduction to various
qualitative tools, including case studies, historical methods and ethnographies and
familiarizes them with the importance of this methodology in answering questions about
behaviour.
- NEW
Internet for research material revised and updated - Familiarizes students with the
latest tools used to navigate the Internet.
- NEW
New readings and additional exercises conclude each chapter - Provides students
with current, interesting information on the subject.
- NEW
New accompanying website Provides students with an introduction to SPSS and
links to other sites dealing with the research trade.
- Chapter
Objectives called "What You Will Learn About in This Chapter" Acts as an
advanced organizer of the primary topics covered in each chapter Helps students
focus on the primary points of the chapter and strengthen their knowledge.
- Marginal
notes on each page Highlights important points within the text Helps students
prepare for reviews and emphasizes especially important points.
- Glossary
of important terms Defines terms used frequently throughout the text and in research
in general - Provides students with a firm understanding of terminology that helps to
eliminate confusion.
- End
of chapter exercises Provides students with reinforcement of material.
Contents
1. The Role and Importance of
Research.
2. The Research Process: Coming to Terms.
3. Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research.
4. Sampling and Generalizability.
5. Measurement, Reliability, and Validity.
6. Methods of Measuring Behavior.
7. Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics.
8. Introducing Inferential Statistics.
9. Nonexperimental Research Methods: Descriptive, Historical and Correlational Methods.
10. Nonexperimental Research Methods: Qualitative Methods.
11. True Experimental Research Methods.
12. Quasi-Experimental Research Methods: A Close Cousin to True Experimental Research.
13. Writing a Research Proposal.
14. Writing a Research Manuscript.
Appendix A: SPSS in 30 minutes.
Appendix B: Sample Data Set
Appendix C: Exercise Answers.
318 pages
Po otrzymaniu zamówienia poinformujemy,
czy wybrany tytuł polskojęzyczny lub
anglojęzyczny jest aktualnie na półce księgarni.
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