Practical research : planning and design / Paul D. Leedy, Jeanne Ellis Ormrod.

By:

Leedy, Paul D

Contributor(s):

Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis

Material type:

TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Merrill, c2010.Edition: 9th edDescription: xvii, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cmISBN:

0137152426 (alk. paper)
9780137152421 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

Research -- Methodology

DDC classification:

001.4 22

Contents:

CONTENTS: What is research? -- Tools of research -- The problem : the heart of the research process -- Review of the related literature -- Planning your research project -- Writing the research proposal -- Qualitative research -- Historical research -- Descriptive research -- Experimental and ex post facto designs -- Strategies for analyzing quantitative data -- Technical details : style, format, and organization of the research report.

Summary: Written in uncommonly engaging and elegant prose, this text is a 'do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself' manual designed to help research students in any discipline understand the fundamental structure of quality research and the methodical process that leads to genuinely significant results.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Written in uncommonly engaging and elegant prose, this text is a 'do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself' manual designed to help research students in any discipline understand the fundamental structure of quality research and the methodical process that leads to genuinely significant results.