Exploring Research, 6/E
Neil J. Salkind, University of Kansas

ISBN-10: 0131937839
ISBN-13: 9780131937833

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 352 pp
Published: 05/09/2005

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This best-selling text focuses on presenting the basics of research in the social and behavioral sciences in an informative and personable manner. While the basic structure of the edition remains the same, there have been some significant improvements brought about to this edition including: increased emphasis on electronic searching including specical coverage on how to use Google, coverage of bibliographic tools including PsychInfo, the inclusion of developmental research models in the chapter on quasi-experimental methods, coverage of multiple baseline designs, and introduction to SPSS 13.0, and an all new instructor's test bank.

NEW—More material on Ethics—Includes the importance of ethics in online research, the use of children as participants, and expanded general ethical guidelines for conducting research.

~Shows students how important the issue of ethics has become in every field of study.

NEW—Additional coverage of single subject designs in the form of multiple baselines.

~Exposes students to new approaches in the field of research.

NEW–Updated material on the use of the Internet for research.

~Provides students with the tools they’ll need to navigate through the Internet and find what they need.

NEW—Listings of new readings and additional exercises—Offered at the end of each chapter.

~Gives students valuable information for further study, as well as extra practice in problem-solving.

NEW–Spectacular website: www.prenhall.com/Salkind—Accompanies the text; includes an introduction to SPSS, links to other sites dealing with the research trade, and much more.

~Provides students with an important technological resource

Qualitative Methods.

~Provides students with an introduction to various qualitative tools, including case studies, historical methods and ethnographies. Familiarizes the student with the importance of this methodology in answering questions about behavior.

Chapter Objectives: “What You Will Learn About in This Chapter”— Acts as an advanced organizer of the primary topics covered in each chapter.

~Helps students focus on the primary points of the chapter.

Marginal notes on each page—Highlights important points within the text.

~Helps students prepare for reviews and emphasizes important points.

Glossary of important terms—Defines terms used frequently throughout the text and in research in general.

~Provides students with a firm understanding of terminology that helps to eliminate confusion.

End-of-chapter exercises.

~Encourages students to think, discuss, and further investigate a particular topic or point covered in the chapter.

“Want to Know More?” sections—Summarizes resources that include more information about the content of the chapter, with two groups of annotated listings: ‘Further Readings’ and ‘Readings of Other Interest.’

~Provides students with readings that not only deal directly with chapter material, but others that can give a more advanced picture of the topics included in the chapter.

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More material on Ethics–Includes the importance of ethics in online research, the use of children as participants, and expanded general ethical guidelines for conducting research.

~Shows students how important the issue of ethics has become in every field of study.

Additional coverage of single subject designs in the form of multiple baselines.

~Exposes students to new approaches in the field of research.

Updated material on the use of the Internet for research.

~Provides students with the tools they’ll need to navigate through the Internet and find what they need.

Listings of new readings and additional exercises–Offered at the end of each chapter.

~Gives students valuable information for further study, as well as extra practice in problem-solving.

Spectacular website: www.prenhall.com/Salkind–Accompanies the text; includes an introduction to SPSS, links to other sites dealing with the research trade, and much more.

~Provides students with an important technological resource

  1. The Role and Importance of Research. 

 

  2. The Research Process: Coming to Terms. 

  3. Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research.

  4. Sampling and Generalizability.

 

  5. Measurement, Reliability, and Validity. 

 

  6. Methods of Measuring Behavior.

  7. Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics.

 

  8. Introducing Inferential Statistics. 

 

  9. Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methods.

10. Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods.

11. Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods.


12. Quasi-Experimental Research : A Close Cousin to True Experimental Research.

13. Writing a Research Proposal.

14. Writing a Research Manuscript.

Appendix A: An Introduction to SPSS 13.x.

Appendix B: Sample Data Set

Appendix C: Answers to Exercises.

 

References.

 

Glossary.

 

Index.

 

 

    The 7th edition of Exploring Research 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. It 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. 

     

     

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