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Exploring research /

Salkind, Neil J.

Exploring research / - 4th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2000. - xxiv, 336 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-317) and index.

The role and importance of research -- The research process: Coming to terms -- Selecting a problem and reviewing the research -- Sampling and generalizability -- Measurement, reliability, and validity -- Methods of measuring behavior -- Data collection and descriptive statistics -- Introducing inferential statistics -- Nonexperimental research methods -- Quasi-experimental research: a close cousin to experimental research -- Writing a research proposal -- Writing a research manuscript.

0130831549 9780130831545

99024487


Psychology--Research--Methodology.
Education--Research--Methodology.

150.72 / SAL