Understanding Research, Pearson New International Edition, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (27 August 2013) © 2014

  • W Lawrence Neuman University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
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Understanding Research is an accessible and visually-appealing introduction to research. Whether students become producers or consumers of research, this text shows them that the subject is both interesting and highly relevant for their lives and professional work.

Table of contents

  • Chapter 1: Why Do Research?
  • Chapter 2: Planning A Study
  • Chapter 3: Becoming An Ethical Researcher
  • Chapter 4: Sampling, How To Select A Few To Represent The Many
  • Chapter 5: Measuring Social Life, How Many? How Much? What Type?
  • Chapter 6: The Survey: Asking People Questions
  • Chapter 7: The Experiment
  • Chapter 8: Research With Non-Reactive Measures
  • Chapter 9: Making Sense Of The Numbers
  • Chapter 10: Observing People In Natural Settings
  • Chapter 11: Looking At The Past And Across Cultures
  • Chapter 12: Writing A Research Report
  • Appendices

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