| Description |
xiv, 404 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-395) and index. |
| Contents |
The Impact of Research -- Planning and Control -- The Research Process -- Research Ethics -- Ethical Practices -- The Research Proposal -- PERT/CPM -- Determine the Variables and Operational Definitions -- How Research Problems Originate -- The Decision to Conduct Research -- Research Problems -- Identify and Label the Variables -- Types of Variables -- Determine and State the Operational Definitions -- Where You Are Now -- Determine the Research Questions or Hypotheses -- State the Expected Relationship Between Variables -- Decide Whether to Use Hypothesis Testing or Research Questions -- Hypothesis Testing -- If You Use a Population -- State the Preliminary Hypothesis or Research Question -- Hypothesis Testing -- Research Hypotheses -- Null Hypotheses -- Directional and Nondirectional Hypotheses -- Decide Whether to State Directional or Nondirectional Hypotheses -- Select the Significance Level -- Statistical and Practical Significance -- Levels of Measurement, Validity and Reliability -- Levels of Measurement -- Validity and Reliability -- Validity Estimates -- Reliability Estimates -- Review the Related Information -- List the Variables, Population and Theories -- Determine Sources of Desired Information -- Determine the Location of the Information -- Determine How to Retrieve the Information -- Conduct the Review of Information Available -- Read the Literature -- Record the Information -- Synthesize the Information and Determine the Next Steps -- Determine the Sampling Method and Procedures -- Define the Population. |
| Subject |
Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Research -- Methodology.
(OCoLC)fst01095216
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Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
(OCoLC)fst01122961
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Forschung (DE-588)4017894-8
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Sozialwissenschaften (DE-588)4055916-6
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Sproull, Natalie L., 1928- Handbook of research methods. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1988 (OCoLC)571671391 |
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Online version: Sproull, Natalie L., 1928- Handbook of research methods. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1988 (OCoLC)608524673 |
| ISBN |
0810821168 |
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9780810821163 |
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