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Research methods in practice : strategies for description and causation Dahlia K. Remler; Gregg G. Van Ryzin

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2015.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxvi, 606 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781452276403
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/70281 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2369 .R46 2015
Contents:
PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Research in the Real World 2. Theory and Models 3. Qualitative Research PART II: STRATEGIES FOR DESCRIPTION 4. Measurement 5. Sampling 6. Secondary Data 7. Surveys and Other Primary Data PART III: STATISTICAL TOOLS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION 8. Making Sense of the Numbers 9. Making Sense of Inferential Statistics 10. Making Sense of Multivariate Statistics PART IV: STRATEGIES FOR CAUSATION 11. Causation 12. Observational Studies With Control Variables 13.Multiple Regression to Disentangle Causal Effects 14. Randomized Experiments 15. Natural and Quasi Experiments PART V: CONTEXT AND COMMUNICATION 16. The Politics, Production, and Ethics of Research 17. How to Find, Review and Present Research.
Summary: Providing a state-of-the-art introduction to research and analytical methods, this book covers methods and concepts of contemporary research allowing readers to grasp the logic, and limits, of modern.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai PHD Shelf 378.170281 RE RE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0051311

Includes bibliographical references (p. 575-586) and indexes.

Providing a state-of-the-art introduction to research and analytical methods, this book covers methods and concepts of contemporary research allowing readers to grasp the logic, and limits, of modern.

PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Research in the Real World 2. Theory and Models 3. Qualitative Research PART II: STRATEGIES FOR DESCRIPTION 4. Measurement 5. Sampling 6. Secondary Data 7. Surveys and Other Primary Data PART III: STATISTICAL TOOLS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION 8. Making Sense of the Numbers 9. Making Sense of Inferential Statistics 10. Making Sense of Multivariate Statistics PART IV: STRATEGIES FOR CAUSATION 11. Causation 12. Observational Studies With Control Variables 13.Multiple Regression to Disentangle Causal Effects 14. Randomized Experiments 15. Natural and Quasi Experiments PART V: CONTEXT AND COMMUNICATION 16. The Politics, Production, and Ethics of Research 17. How to Find, Review and Present Research.

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