Designing and proposing your research project / Jennifer Brown Urban and Bradley Matheus van Eeden-Moorefield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urban, Jennifer Brown, author.

Van Eeden-Moorefield, Brad, author.

Series:

Concise guides to conducting behavioral, health, and social science research series

Concise guides to conducting behavioral, health, and social science research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Research--Methodology.

Psychology.

Research.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology.

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 139 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2018]

System Details:

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Summary:

"Designing a study and writing up a research proposal takes time - often more time than actually conducting the study! This practical guide will save you time and frustration by walking you through every step of the process. For starters, it will help you hone in on a research topic - a huge (and hugely important) first step. Then it will guide you in developing the research question, designing the study, and choosing the best strategies for sampling and measurement. The figures, tables, and exhibits offer a wealth of examples and tools, including activities and worksheets to practice alone or in a study group. While many research design books focus on either qualitative or quantitative studies, this book presents a balanced discussion of the relative strengths and limitations of each, as well as differences in how validity is handled for each. No research study can be perfect or provide all the answers. In fact, the best studies result in more questions than answers. This book will deepen your understanding of study limitations and ways to build upon them in future research."--Publicity materials (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Introduction

Choosing your research question(s)/hypotheses

Choosing your study purpose

Choosing whether to use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods

Understanding terms for quantitative studies: concepts, constructs, and variables

Choosing your design

Choosing your sample

Planning your measurement strategy techniques for collecting data

Establishing validity for quantitative studies

Establishing validity for qualitative studies

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2020.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781433827082

1433827085

9781433827426

1433827425

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