Practical research : planning and design. /
Paul D. Leedy, Jeanne Ellis Ormrod.
- 8th ed.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2005
- xxiii, 319 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Fundamentals -- What is Research? -- Tools of Research -- Focusing Your Research Efforts -- The Problem: The Heart of the Research Process -- Review of the Related Literature -- Planning Your Research Project -- Writing the Research Proposal -- Qualitative Research Methodologies -- Qualitative Research -- Historical Research -- Quantitative Research Methodologies -- Descriptive Research -- Experimental and Ex Post Facto Designs -- Statistical Techniques for Analyzing Quantitative Data -- Preparing the Research Report -- Technical Details: Style, Format, and Organization of the Research Report -- Using SPSS.