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Exploring Research (7th Edition)

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Author: Neil J. Salkind
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 7
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6

ISBN: 0136011373
Dewey Decimal Number: 150.72
EAN: 9780136011378
ASIN: 0136011373

Publication Date: February 18, 2008
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
B /B The 7th edition of IExploring Research/I provides an introduction to research methods in a friendly, approachable writing style. It explores the use of electronic sources (the Internet) as a means to enhance research skills; it includes discussions about scientific methods; and it incorporates the most common types of research models in the social and behavioral sciences, including qualitative methods. B /BIt provides coverage of the research process, problem selection, sampling and generalizability; a discussion of the measurement process provides a comprehensive resource for those seeking to further their research skills. It also describes how to collect and analyze data, and provides thorough instruction on how to prepare and write a research proposal and manuscript. B/B An excellent handbook for those in the social, behavioral, and health science fields.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Textbook November 10, 2008
I really enjoyed reading this textbook. It gives me the whole picture from outside. If you are working on developing test or conducting an analysis or a research, this textbook is suitable for you. The language used is easy to comprehend. Although I have finished the course with University of Phoenix online that is associated with this textbook, I am still reading and reading this textbook. Really, it worths buying it.

2 out of 5 stars

Tons of Errors! September 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

While this book is written in a very "user-friendly" style, the amount of typographical, stylistic, and grammatical errors is incredibly distracting! For a book that's supposed to discuss the precision of research methodology, it certainly has a long way to go in being accurate. It seems that on almost every page there is a typographical or grammatical error, which is completely unacceptable in a professional resource (even if it is targeted towards "beginners"). There are a couple of chapters in which entire sections seem been left out and others that are very sloppily edited.br /br /Surely the author could have forked over a couple hundred bucks to get a professional (or even a half-intelligent grad student!) to proofread it. It is in its seventh edition, after all. br /br /If copious amounts of unprofessional errors irritate you in a textbook, avoid this one.

5 out of 5 stars

A Great Introductory Research Book December 5, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

Having previously purchased a required research textbook that was written in a truly "mind-numbing" fashion, I went online to find a supplemental text. I was looking for something to help me develop some background knowledge in order to better understand my assigned readings. I consider myself very lucky for having found "Exploring Research". The writing style is very straightforward. I was easily able to read the textbook within a few days, and this made understanding the assigned readings in my course textbook much easier to do. br /br /Easy to understand charts are used to illustrate points and organize the information. Practical resources are given to assist in developing a Literature Review. Rather than simply telling the reader to read a research study "critically", the author provides a list of specific questions an introductory student can ask themselves for each section of a report being read. As a supplemental text for the beginning student, this book is a wonderful resource for making sense of the basic research concepts.br /br /Chapters include:br /The Role and Importance of Researchbr /The Research Process: Coming to Termsbr /Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Researchbr /Sampling and Generalizabilitybr /Measurement, Reliability, and Validitybr /Methods of Measuring Behaviorbr /Data Collection and Descriptive Statisticsbr /Introducing Inferential Statisticsbr /Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methodsbr /Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methodsbr /Pre- and True Experimental Research Methodsbr /Quasi-Experimental Research: A Close Cousin to Experimental br / Researchbr /Writing a Research Proposalbr /Writing a Research Manuscript

5 out of 5 stars

The Best! May 23, 2002
12 out of 12 found this review helpful

Regardless of what your research needs are, this books could be called research for dummies in its excellent and easy-to-follow explanations. Buy this book, even if your required text is something else - It's filled with examples and can be read like an adventure novel in bed WHILE being truly comprehended! I've taken statistics, research classes, etc. - I wished I had read this book along with my first class! There's nothing dry about this and 1000 words are too few to praise it adequately!

5 out of 5 stars

Impressive May 24, 2001
2 out of 20 found this review helpful

One can read the pictures of a book to define the logic or knowledge in it. How? Look at the many different views. What scans through ones mind? The past. It did mine. Fifty dollars is just the beginning of an adventures enterance into the unknown. Have a great day! Norma

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