Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Neil J. Salkind received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Human Development. After teaching for 35 years at the University of Kansas, he remains as a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, where he continues to collaborate with colleagues and work with students. His early interests were in the area of children's cognitive development. After researching in the areas of cognitive style, he became a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina's Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. He is the author of Statistics for People Who Think They Hate Statistics (Sage), Theories of Human Development (Sage), and Exploring Research (Pearson). He has edited several encyclopedias including the Encyclopedia of Human Development, the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and the recently published Encyclopedia of Research Design. He was the editor of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography and lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where he likes to read, swim with the River City Sharks, bake brownies, and poke around old Volvos and old houses.
For courses in experimental methods and research methods in the social and behavioral sciences
This book presents an unintimidating look at the basics of research, describing how to collect and analyze data and providing thorough instruction on how to prepare and write research proposals and manuscripts. It covers the research process, problem selection, sampling and generalizability, and the measurement process, as well as the most common types of research models used in the social and behavioral sciences, including qualitative methods.
The 10th edition explores the use of electronic sources for research with more information about conducting research and literature reviews online and includes new information on how social media can be used in a research context and places a strong emphasis on ethics. Information about the use of the 7th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is contained in several chapters.
A key update in this edition is the coverage of SPSS and Excel as tools of choice for data analysis.
1. The Role and Importance of Research
2. The Research Process: Coming to Terms
3A. Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research
3B. The Importance of Practicing Ethics in Research
4. Sampling and Generalizability
5. Measurement, Reliability, and Validity
6. Methods of Measuring Behavior
7. Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics
8. Introducing Inferential Statistics
9. Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methods
10. Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods
11. Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods
12. Quasi-Experimental Research: A Close Cousin to Experimental Research
13. Writing a Research Proposal
14. Writing a Research Manuscript
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Improving Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Questions, inserted after many sections, help the reader summarize the content in that part of the chapter and serve, if so desired, as a starting-off point for discussion. These Test Yourself questions don’t necessarily have a right or a wrong answer – they are there to help facilitate thinking and discussion about the topic at hand.
- Answers to the end-of-chapter questions appear at the end of the book
- Information about the use of the 7th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
- Appendix D provides tips and tricks to set up an IBM SPSS Datafile.
- Appendix A provides some tips and tricks for using Excel for data analysis.
- Using the popular SPSS software to de-mystify statistics as well as Excel for whatever data analysis discussions take place.
- The online sources for more exploration are increased by about 25%.
- UPDATED! Coverage of software for dealing with qualitative data and the development and refinement of bibliographies is new or improved.
- UPDATED! The material on the use of the Internet for research is updated with more information about conducting research and literature reviews online, and includes new information on how social media can be used in a research context. Information on previous topics such as email, that were once new to our research endeavors but are now “old hat”, has been significantly reduced to allow room for other material.
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Neil J. Salkind received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Human Development. After teaching for 35 years at the University of Kansas, he remains as a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, where he continues to collaborate with colleagues and work with students. His early interests were in the area of children's cognitive development. After researching in the areas of cognitive style, he became a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina's Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. He is the author of Statistics for People Who Think They Hate Statistics (Sage), Theories of Human Development (Sage), and Exploring Research (Pearson). He has edited several encyclopedias including the Encyclopedia of Human Development, the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and the recently published Encyclopedia of Research Design. He was the editor of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography and lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where he likes to read, swim with the River City Sharks, bake brownies, and poke around old Volvos and old houses.