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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salkind, Neil J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall Higher Education, [2009]
Edition:7th ed.
Subjects:
Psychology > Research > Methodology.
Education > Research > Methodology.
Table of Contents:
  • The role and importance of research
  • The research process : coming to terms
  • Selecting a problem and reviewing the research
  • Ethics : the basic principles
  • Sampling and generalizability
  • Measurement, reliability, and validity
  • Methods of measuring behavior
  • Data collection and descriptive statistics
  • Introducing inferential statistics
  • Nonexperimental research : descriptive and correlational methods
  • Nonexperimental research : qualitative methods
  • Pre- and true experimental research methods
  • Quasi-experimental research : a close cousin to experimental research
  • Writing a research proposal
  • Writing a research manuscript.