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Practical research : planning and design /

By: Leedy, Paul D
Title By: Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis
Material type: BookSeries: Pearson custom library.Publisher: Harlow, Essex : Pearson, ©2014Edition: 10 th ed; Pearson new international edition.Description: ii, 374 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781292021171; 1292021179 (pbk.)Subject(s): Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 001.42
Summary:
For undergraduate or graduate courses that include planning, conducting, and evaluating research. A do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself manual designed to help students understand the fundamental structure of research and the methodical process that leads to valid, reliable results. Written in uncommonly engaging and elegant prose, this text guides the reader, step-by-step, from the selection of a problem, through the process of conducting authentic research, to the preparation of a completed report, with practical suggestions based on a solid theoretical framework and sound pedagogy. Suitable as the core text in any introductory research course or even for self-instruction, this text will show students two things: 1) that quality research demands planning and design; and, 2) how their own research projects can be executed effectively and professionally.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

For undergraduate or graduate courses that include planning, conducting, and evaluating research. A do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself manual designed to help students understand the fundamental structure of research and the methodical process that leads to valid, reliable results. Written in uncommonly engaging and elegant prose, this text guides the reader, step-by-step, from the selection of a problem, through the process of conducting authentic research, to the preparation of a completed report, with practical suggestions based on a solid theoretical framework and sound pedagogy. Suitable as the core text in any introductory research course or even for self-instruction, this text will show students two things: 1) that quality research demands planning and design; and, 2) how their own research projects can be executed effectively and professionally.

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