A Practical Introduction to Real-World Research
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A Practical Introduction to Real-World Research

Getting the Job Done

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eBook - ePub

A Practical Introduction to Real-World Research

Getting the Job Done

About this book

This practical text combines social research methods with coverage of statistical analysis to help students develop the applied research skills needed for future careers in public and private organizations, while also delivering a solid foundation for those going on to graduate school.

Throughout the book, the author offers a real-world example and then breaks it down into a decision tree, which helps lead students to a possible statistical decision (rather than starting with the statistic). This text gives students a toolbox of the most common and in-demand skills and demonstrates how those skills can be used to make the best research decisions. The book takes students through the entire real-world research process, from the formation of a research topic to measurement and sampling, to methods for gathering information and making sense of the data, and finally presenting to a non-academic audience in a way that "gets the job done."  

Resources for instructors and students are available on an accompanying website for the book.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Brief Contents
  7. Detailed Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Digital Resources
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. About the Author
  12. Part I Establishing the Issue
  13. 1 Overview of the Research Process
  14. 2 Research Topics, Literature Reviews, and Hypotheses
  15. Part II Setting the Foundation for Observation
  16. 3 Ethics in Research
  17. 4 Measurement, Validity, and Reliability
  18. 5 Sampling
  19. Part III Methods of Gathering Information
  20. 6 Experiments
  21. 7 Survey Research
  22. 8 Qualitative Approaches and Mixed Methods
  23. 9 Evaluation Research
  24. Part IV Making Sense and Presenting the Information
  25. 10 Preparing Quantitative Data
  26. 11 Descriptive Statistics
  27. 12 Confidence Intervals and One-Sample Hypothesis Testing
  28. 13 Hypothesis Testing with Two or More Samples
  29. 14 Finding the Degree of Association and Prediction
  30. 15 Presentation of Data
  31. 16 Qualitative Data Analysis
  32. Appendix A: Directions for Statistical Tests in SPSS
  33. Appendix B: Directions for Statistical Tests in R and the Corresponding Output
  34. Appendix C: Table of Z-Scores
  35. Appendix D: Answers to End-of-Chapter Problems1
  36. Glossary
  37. References
  38. Index