TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leedy,Paul D.
AU  - Ormrod,Jeanne Ellis
TI  - Practical research: planning and design 
SN  - 0137152426 (alk. paper)
U1  - 001.4 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, NJ
PB  - Merrill
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -