{"product_id":"understanding-and-applying-research-design-isbn-9781118096482","title":"Understanding and Applying Research Design","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh approach to bridging research design with statistical analysis \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile good social science requires both research design and statistical analysis, most books treat these two areas separately.\u003ci\u003e Understanding and Applying Research Design\u003c\/i\u003e introduces an accessible approach to integrating design and statistics, focusing on the processes of posing, testing, and interpreting research questions in the social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors analyze real-world data using SPSS software, guiding readers on the overall process of science, focusing on premises, procedures, and designs of social scientific research. Three clearly organized sections move seamlessly from theoretical topics to statistical techniques at the heart of research procedures, and finally, to practical application of research design:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePremises of Research introduces the research process and the capabilities of SPSS, with coverage of ethics, Empirical Generalization, and Chi Square and Contingency Table Analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProcedures of Research explores key quantitative methods in research design including measurement, correlation, regression, and causation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigns of Research outlines various design frameworks, with discussion of survey research, aggregate research, and experiments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, SPSS software is used to showcase the discussed techniques, and detailed appendices provide guidance on key statistical procedures and tips for data management. Numerous exercises allow readers to test their comprehension of the presented material, and a related website features additional data sets and SPSS code.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding and Applying Research Design\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent book for social sciences and education courses on research methods at the upper-undergraduate level. The book is also an insightful reference for professionals who would like to learn how to pose, test, and interpret research questions with confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I WHEEL OF SCIENCE: PREMISES OF RESEARCH 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 \"DUH\" SCIENCE VERSUS \"HUH\" SCIENCE 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 THEORIES AND HYPOTHESES 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 OBSERVATION AND EMPIRICAL GENERALIZATION 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 ETHICS 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II WHEEL OF SCIENCE: PROCEDURES OF RESEARCH 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 MEASUREMENT 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 USING SPSS IN RESEARCH 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 CHI-SQUARE AND CONTINGENCY TABLE ANALYSIS 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 LEARNING FROM POPULATIONS: CENSUSES AND SAMPLES 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 CORRELATION 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 REGRESSION 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 CAUSATION 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III WHEEL OF SCIENCE: DESIGNS OF RESEARCH 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 SURVEY RESEARCH 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 AGGREGATE RESEARCH 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 EXPERIMENTS 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 STATISTICAL METHODS OF DIFFERENCE: T TEST 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 FIELD RESEARCH 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 CONTENT ANALYSIS 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV STATISTICS AND DATA MANAGEMENT 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTATISTICAL PROCEDURES UNIT A: WRITING THE STATISTICAL RESEARCH SUMMARY 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTATISTICAL PROCEDURES UNIT B: THE NATURE OF INFERENTIAL STATISTICS 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDATA MANAGEMENT UNIT A: USE AND FUNCTIONS OF SPSS 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDATA MANAGEMENT UNIT B: USING SPSS TO RECODE FOR T TEST 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDATA MANAGEMENT UNIT C: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTATISTICAL PROCEDURES UNIT C: Z SCORES 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 416\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This is a good book on designing good research studies and using statistical and analytical tools to measure their results accurately.”  (\u003ci\u003eBiz India\u003c\/i\u003e, 22 April 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARTIN LEE ABBOTT\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at Seattle Pacific University, where he also serves as Executive Director of the Washington School Research Center. He is the author of The Program Evaluation Prism: Using Statistical Methods to Discover Patterns and Understanding Educational Statistics Using Microsoft Excel and SPSS, both from Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIFER McKINNEY\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is Associate Professor and Co-chair of the Department of Sociology and Director of the Women’s Studies Program at Seattle Pacific University. She publishes articles, makes presentations, and consults on and teaches research design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh approach to bridging research design with statistical analysis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile good social science requires both research design and statistical analysis, most books treat these two areas separately. Understanding and Applying Research Design introduces an accessible approach to integrating design and statistics, focusing on the processes of posing, testing, and interpreting research questions in the social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors analyze real-world data using SPSS software, guiding readers on the overall process of science, focusing on premises, procedures, and designs of social scientific research. Three clearly organized sections move seamlessly from theoretical topics to statistical techniques at the heart of research procedures, and finally, to practical application of research design:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePremises of Research introduces the research process and the capabilities of SPSS, with coverage of ethics, Empirical Generalization, and Chi Square and Contingency Table Analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProcedures of Research explores key quantitative methods in research design including measurement, correlation, regression, and causation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigns of Research outlines various design frameworks, with discussion of survey research, aggregate research, and experiments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, SPSS software is used to showcase the discussed techniques, and detailed appendices provide guidance on key statistical procedures and tips for data management. 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