Martin Lee Abbott, Jennifer McKinney

Understanding and Applying Research Design

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This introductory guide provides a fresh approach to integrating design and statistics in a hands-on fashion that incorporates the power of SPSS(r) software to solve real-world problems. It explores the areas of design and causation--allowing readers to pose, test, and interpret research questions with live data. By integrating exercises and worksheets, the book allows readers to examine real world data from various fields of research--making it an ideal text for professionals and upper-level students involved in the social sciences.

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A fresh approach to bridging research design with statistical analysis

While good social science requires both research design and statistical analysis, most books treat these two areas separately. Understanding and Applying Research Design introduces an accessible approach to integrating design and statistics, focusing on the processes of posing, testing, and interpreting research questions in the social sciences.

The authors analyze real-world data using SPSS software, guiding readers on the overall process of science, focusing on premises, procedures, and designs of social scientific research. Three clearly organized sections move seamlessly from theoretical topics to statistical techniques at the heart of research procedures, and finally, to practical application of research design:
Premises of Research introduces the research process and the capabilities of SPSS, with coverage of ethics, Empirical Generalization, and Chi Square and Contingency Table Analysis
Procedures of Research explores key quantitative methods in research design including measurement, correlation, regression, and causation
Designs of Research outlines various design frameworks, with discussion of survey research, aggregate research, and experiments

Throughout the book, SPSS software is used to showcase the discussed techniques, and detailed appendices provide guidance on key statistical procedures and tips for data management. Numerous exercises allow readers to test their comprehension of the presented material, and a related website features additional data sets and SPSS code.

Understanding and Applying Research Design is an excellent book for social sciences and education courses on research methods at the upper-undergraduate level. The book is also an insightful reference for professionals who would like to learn how to pose, test, and interpret research questions with confidence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 833g
• ISBN-13: 9781118096482
• ISBN-10: 1118096487
• Artikelnr.: 35720080

Autorenporträt

MARTIN LEE ABBOTT, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at Seattle Pacific University, where he also serves as Executive Director of the Washington School Research Center. He is the author of The Program Evaluation Prism: Using Statistical Methods to Discover Patterns and Understanding Educational Statistics Using Microsoft Excel and SPSS, both from Wiley. JENNIFER McKINNEY, PhD, is Associate Professor and Co-chair of the Department of Sociology and Director of the Women's Studies Program at Seattle Pacific University. She publishes articles, makes presentations, and consults on and teaches research design.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix PART I WHEEL OF SCIENCE: PREMISES OF
RESEARCH 1 1 "DUH" SCIENCE VERSUS "HUH" SCIENCE 3 2 THEORIES AND HYPOTHESES
21 3 OBSERVATION AND EMPIRICAL GENERALIZATION 35 4 ETHICS 52 PART II WHEEL
OF SCIENCE: PROCEDURES OF RESEARCH 63 5 MEASUREMENT 65 6 USING SPSS IN
RESEARCH 83 7 CHI-SQUARE AND CONTINGENCY TABLE ANALYSIS 90 8 LEARNING FROM
POPULATIONS: CENSUSES AND SAMPLES 102 9 CORRELATION 127 10 REGRESSION 146
11 CAUSATION 162 PART III WHEEL OF SCIENCE: DESIGNS OF RESEARCH 203 12
SURVEY RESEARCH 205 13 AGGREGATE RESEARCH 234 14 EXPERIMENTS 251 15
STATISTICAL METHODS OF DIFFERENCE: T TEST 270 16 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE 280
17 FIELD RESEARCH 301 18 CONTENT ANALYSIS 316 PART IV STATISTICS AND DATA
MANAGEMENT 327 STATISTICAL PROCEDURES UNIT A: WRITING THE STATISTICAL
RESEARCH SUMMARY 329 STATISTICAL PROCEDURES UNIT B: THE NATURE OF
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS 333 DATA MANAGEMENT UNIT A: USE AND FUNCTIONS OF
SPSS 343 DATA MANAGEMENT UNIT B: USING SPSS TO RECODE FOR T TEST 357 DATA
MANAGEMENT UNIT C: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 364 STATISTICAL PROCEDURES UNIT
C: Z SCORES 389 Glossary 397 Bibliography 411 Index 416

Rezensionen

"This is a good book on designing good research studies and using statistical and analytical tools to measure their results accurately." (Biz India, 22 April 2013)