Communication Research: Asking Questions, Finding Answers / Edition 3

by Joann Keyton

Overview

Communication Research: Asking Questions, Finding Answers covers basic research issues and processes, both quantitative and qualitative, appropriate for communication students with little or no previous research methods experience. The text's guiding principle is that methodological choices are made from one's research questions or hypotheses. This avoids the pitfall in which students learn one methodology or one methodological skill and then force that method to answer all types of questions. Instead of working with one methodology to answer all types of questions, students come away understanding a variety of methods and how to apply them appropriately.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780073406763
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date:	03/01/2010
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Joann Keyton (B.A., Western Michigan University; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University) is Professor of Communication at North Carolina State University. She specializes in group communication and organizational communication. Her current research examines the collaborative processes and relational aspects of interdisciplinary teams, participants’ use of language in team meetings, the multiplicity of cultures in organizations, and how messages are manipulated in sexual harassment. Her research is fi eld focused and she was honored with the 2011 Gerald PhillipsAward for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship by the National Communication Association. Her research has been published in Business Communication Quarterly, Communication Studies, Communication Theory, Communication Yearbook, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Business Communication, Management Communication Quarterly, Small Group Research, Southern Communication Journal, and numerous edited collections including the Handbook of Group Communication Theory and Research and the Handbook of Organizational Communication. In addition to publications in scholarly journals and edited collections, she has published three textbooks for courses in group communication, research methods, and organizational culture in addition to co-editing an organizational communication case book. Keyton was editor of the Journal of Applied Communication Research, Volumes 31–33, and founding editor of Communication Currents, Volumes 1–5. Currently, she isditor of Small Group Research. She is a founder and vice-chair of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research. For more information, contact Joann at [e-mail] or www.joannkeyton.com

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

SECTION 1: Research Basics

Chapter 1 Introduction to Communication Research

Chapter 2 The Research Process: Getting Started

Chapter 3 Research Ethics

SECTION 2: Quantitative Communication Research

Chapter 4 Introduction to Quantitative Research

Chapter 5 Measurement

Chapter 6 Populations, Samples, and Sample Size

Chapter 7 Quantitative Research Designs

Chapter 8 Surveys and Questionnaires

Chapter 9 Descriptive Statistics, Significance Levels, and Hypothesis Testing

Chapter 10 Testing for Differences

Chapter 11 Testing for Relationships

Chapter 12 Quantitative Analysis of Text

Chapter 13 Reading and Writing the Quantitative Research Report

SECTION 3: Qualitative Communication Research

Chapter 14 Introduction to Qualitative Research

Chapter 15 Designing Qualitative Research

Chapter 16 Qualitative Methods of Data Collection

Chapter 17 Analyzing Qualitative Data

Chapter 18 Reading and Writing the Qualitative Research Report

Glossary

References

Author Index

Subject Index