Practical Research : Planning and Designing
by Paul D. Leedy; Timothy J. Newby; Peggy A. ErtmerEdition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-11-01
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
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Summary
Practical Research, Sixth Edition, is a comprehensive and practical guide to research methodology. It was not written for any specific course or discipline but is an across curriculum text for a wide range of academic disciplines. This book is appropriate for hundreds of courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level where an understanding of the research process is required.
Table of Contents
| What is Research? | p. 3 |
| Tools of Research | p. 17 |
| The Problem: The Heart of the Research Project | p. 45 |
| The Review of the Related Literature | p. 71 |
| Planning Your Research Design | p. 93 |
| Writing the Research Proposal | p. 123 |
| Common Qualitative Research Designs | p. 155 |
| Historical Research | p. 173 |
| Non-Experimental Research | p. 189 |
| The Experimental Study | p. 229 |
| Statistical Techniques for Analyzing Quantitative Data | p. 243 |
| Technical Details: Style, Format, and Organization of the Research Report | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 299 |
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