Designing and proposing your research project
"Designing your own study and writing your research proposal takes time, often more so than conducting the study. This practical, accessible guide walks you through the entire process. You will learn to identify and narrow your research topic, develop your research question, design your study, and choose appropriate sampling and measurement strategies. The figures, tables, and exhibits offer a wealth of relatable examples, and students can use the many activities and worksheets to explore and a…
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- Full title :Designing and proposing your research project / Jennifer Brown Urban and Bradley Matheus van Eeden-Moorefield.
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"Designing your own study and writing your research proposal takes time, often more so than conducting the study. This practical, accessible guide walks you through the entire process. You will learn to identify and narrow your research topic, develop your research question, design your study, and choose appropriate sampling and measurement strategies. The figures, tables, and exhibits offer a wealth of relatable examples, and students can use the many activities and worksheets to explore and apply concepts, as individuals or in groups. This book is part of the APA's Concise Guides to Conducting Behavioral, Health, and Social Science Research series. Aimed at undergraduate students in research methods courses or others with a lab or research project, each book describes a key stage in the research process. Collectively, these books provide a solid grounding in research from start to finish."--Back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2018
- Edition:First edition
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- Publisher(s):American Psychological Association
- Place of Publication:Washington, DC
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 139 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
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- ISBN:9781433827082, 1433827085
- oclc:ocn984898552
- LC Classification:BF76.5
- Dewey Decimal:150.72
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Choosing your research question and hypotheses -- Choosing your study's purpose -- Choosing whether to use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods approach -- Understanding terms for quantitative studies: concepts, constructs, and variables -- Choosing your design -- Choosing your sample -- Planning your measurement strategy techniques for collecting data -- Establishing validity for quantitative studies -- Establishing validity for qualitative studies -- Conclusion.
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