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Exploring Research, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (June 14, 2021) © 2017

  • Neil J. Salkind University of Kansas
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Exploring Research offers an informative overview of the basics of research in the social and behavioral sciences. The text makes research methods accessible by explaining how to collect and analyze data and how to prepare and write research proposals and manuscripts.

1. The Role and Importance of Research

2. The Research Process: Coming to Terms

3A. Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research

3B. The Importance of Practicing Ethics in 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: Descriptive and Correlational Methods

10. Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods

11. Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods

12. Quasi-Experimental Research: A Close Cousin to Experimental Research

13. Writing a Research Proposal

14. Writing a Research Manuscript

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Bibliography

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Index

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