A Guide for Use in Planning, Conducting, and Reporting Research Projects. Second Edition.

Autor/in	Westmeyer, Paul
Titel	A Guide for Use in Planning, Conducting, and Reporting Research Projects. Second Edition.
Quelle	(1994), (173 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-398-05915-2
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Bibliographies; Computer Software; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Data Processing; Higher Education; Literature Reviews; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Problems; Research Projects; Research Proposals; Research Reports; Research Skills; Research Tools; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auswertung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Datenverarbeitung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Forschungsdesign; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungskritik; Forschungsvorhaben; Forschungsgegenstand; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Forschungsleistung; Forschungsmittel; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This guide to planning and conducting research projects covers how to decide on a research problem, state a hypothesis, plan for the collection of data, write a proposal, analyze and interpret data, and write the research report. Overall, the book takes a practical, hands-on approach and offers checklists, suggestions, and guidelines for all the basic elements of the research process. Chapter 1 is titled "The Literature Search." Chapter 2, "Planning Your Research," addresses stating the problem, identifying variables, evaluating relationships between variables, research planning, stating hypotheses, selecting sampling procedures, and setting significance levels. Chapter 3, "Writing a Research Proposal," covers stating the problem, writing the literature search report, describing the design, writing the elements of the research design, automatic and semiautomatic collection procedures, and data collection by subjective procedures. Chapter 4 is titled "Summary of Requirements in Planning Your Research and Writing a Research Proposal." Chapter 5, "Conducting the Research Project," offers suggestions for getting organized, collecting data, developing questionnaires and interview guides, recording observational data, obtaining test data, and using unobtrusive measures. Chapter 6 discusses "Analyzing and Interpreting Data." Chapter 7, "Computer Programs for Data Analysis," offers programing commands for International Business Machine compatible personal computers for determining descriptive statistics and others usi t-values, correlation coefficients, Chi-square values, and test reliability estimates. Chapter 8 is entitled "Writing the Research Report." A subject index is included. (JB)
Anmerkungen	Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 2600 South First Street, Springfield, IL 62794-9265 ($41.95 hardcover, ISBN-0-398-05915-2; $26.95 paperback).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01