Essentials of Research Design and Methodology
Published on 10. June 2010
304 pages
978-0-470-89353-1 (ISBN)
Description
Master the essential skills for designing and conducting asuccessful research project
Essentials of Research Design and Methodology contains practicalinformation on how to design and conduct scientific research in thebehavioral and social sciences. This accessible guide covers basicto advanced concepts in a clear, concrete, and readablestyle.
The text offers students and practitioners in the behavioralsciences and related disciplines important insights intoidentifying research topics, variables, and methodologicalapproaches. Data collection and assessment strategies,interpretation methods, and important ethical considerations alsoreceive significant coverage in this user-friendly guide.Essentials of Research Design and Methodology is the only availableresource to condense the wide-ranging topics of the field into aconcise, accessible format for handy and quick reference.
As part of the Essentials of Behavioral Science series, this bookoffers a thorough review of the most relevant topics in researchdesign and methodology. Each concise chapter features numerouscallout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, andextensive illustrative material, as well as "Test Yourself"questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of theinformation covered.
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Geoffrey R. Marczyk | David Dematteo | David Festinger
Essentials of Research Design and Methodology
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04/2005
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Wiley
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Persons
Geoffrey Marczyk, JD, PhD, is Assistant Professor at WidenerUniversity's Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology in Chester,Pennsylvania.
David DeMatteo, JD, PhD, is a behavioral scientist at theTreatment Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania.
David Festinger, PhD, is a behavioral scientist at the TreatmentResarch Institute at the University of Pennsylvania inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania.
Content
Series Preface.
Acknowledgments.
One Introduction and Overview.
Two Planning and Designing a Research Study.
Three General Approaches for Controlling Artifact and Bias.
Four Data Collection, Assessment Methods, and MeasurementStrategies.
Five General Types of Research Designs and Approaches.
Six Validity.
Seven Data Preparation, Analyses, and Interpretation.
Eight Ethical Considerations in Research.
Nine Disseminating Research Results and Distilling Principles ofResearch Design and Methodology.
References.
Index.
