Looseleaf for Research Design and Methods

by Kenneth S. Bordens, Bruce Barrington Abbott

Overview

Research Design and Methods: A Process Approach takes students through the research process, from getting and developing a research idea, to designing and conducting a study, through analyzing and reporting data. The eleventh edition addresses the change in research practices to supplement or replace null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) with other analytic approaches, including Bayesian analysis. Information on the research process is presented in a lively and engaging way, highlighting the numerous decisions that must be made when designing and conducting research and emphasizing the importance of ethical conduct, both in the treatment of research subjects and in the conduct of research and reporting research results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781264169566
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	03/01/2021
Edition description:	11th ed.
Pages:	656
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Purdue University - Fort Wayne

Purdue University - Fort Wayne

Date of Birth:

1885

Date of Death:

October 1955

Table of Contents

PREFACE


CHAPTER 1 EXPLAINING BEHAVIOR
CHAPTER 2 DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING THEORIES OF BEHAVIOR
CHAPTER 3 UNDERSTANDING ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS
CHAPTER 4 GETTING IDEAS FOR RESEARCH
CHAPTER 5 CHOOSING A RESEARCH DESIGN
CHAPTER 6 MAKING SYSTEMIC OBSERVATIONS
CHAPTER 7 CHOOSING AND USING RESEARCH SUBJECTS
CHAPTER 8 DOING NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
CHAPTER 9 DOING SURVEY RESEARCH
CHAPTER 10 USING BETWEEN-SUBJECTS AND WITHIN-SUBJECTS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
CHAPTER 11 USING SPECIALIZED RESEARCH DESIGNS
CHAPTER 12 USING SINGLE-SUBJECT DESIGNS
CHAPTER 13 DESCRIBING DATA
CHAPTER 14 USING INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
CHAPTER 15 USING MULTIVARIATE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 16 REPORTING YOUR RESEARCH RESULTS


GLOSSARY
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