Practical research :
Leedy, Paul D.
Practical research : planning and design / Paul D. Leedy, Jeanne Ellis Ormrod. - 9th ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Merrill, c2010. - xvii, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
0137152426 (alk. paper) 9780137152421 (alk. paper)
Research--Methodology.
001.4
Practical research : planning and design / Paul D. Leedy, Jeanne Ellis Ormrod. - 9th ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Merrill, c2010. - xvii, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
0137152426 (alk. paper) 9780137152421 (alk. paper)
Research--Methodology.
001.4