Research design and methods

Research design and methods: a process approach

by Bordens, Kenneth S.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Research design and methods : a process approach / Kenneth S. Bordens, Bruce B. Abbott, Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2014
  • Edition:Ninth edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill Education
  • Place of Publication:New York, NY
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 volume (various pagings) : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780078035456, 0078035457, 9781259060380, 1259060381
  • oclc:ocn843037472
  • LC Classification:BF76.5
  • Dewey Decimal:150.72

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: What Is Science, and What Do Scientists Do? -- Science as a Way of Thinking -- How Do Scientists Do Science? -- Basic and Applied Research -- Framing a Problem in Scientific Terms -- Learning About Research: Why Should You Care? -- Exploring the Causes of Behavior -- Explaining Behavior -- Science, Protoscience, Nonscience, and Pseudoscience -- Scientific Explanations -- Commonsense Explanations Versus Scientific Explanations -- Belief-Based Explanations Versus Scientific Explanations -- When Scientific Explanations Fail -- Failures Due to Faulty Inference -- Pseudoexplanations -- Methods of Inquiry -- The Method of Authority -- The Rational Method -- The Scientific Method -- The Scientific Method at Work: Using a Cell Phone While Walking -- The Steps of the Research Process -- Summary -- Key Terms -- What Is a Theory? -- Theory Versus Hypothesis -- Theory Versus Law -- Theory Versus Model -- Mechanistic Explanations Versus Functional Explanations -- Classifying Theories -- Is the Theory Quantitative or Qualitative? -- At What Level of Description Does the Theory Operate? -- What Is the Theory's Domain? -- Roles of Theory in Science -- Understandin…

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Subjects

Psychologie -- Recherche Psychology -- Research Psykologi -- forskning - metodik RES606Research Design and Planning

Writers

Bordens, Kenneth S. Abbott, Bruce B.

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