Research Catalog

Title

A practical guide to behavioral research : tools and techniques / Barbara Sommer, Robert Sommer.

Author

Sommer, Barbara Baker, 1938-

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

Sommer, Robert.

Description

xvi, 362 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Social sciences > Research
• Social sciences > Methodology
• Psychology > Research
• Social sciences > Research > Data processing
• Sciences du comportement > méthode
• Sciences sociales > méthode
• Psychology > Research
• Social sciences > Methodology
• Social sciences > Research
• Social sciences > Research > Data processing
• Sciences sociales > Méthode
• Sciences du comportement > Méthode
• Methode
• Verhaltensforschung
• Sciences sociales > Recherche
• Sciences sociales > Méthodologie
• Psychologie > Recherche

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Multimethod Approach -- 2. Ethics in Behavioral Research -- 3. Search the Technical Literature -- 4. Observation -- 5. Mapping and Trace Measures -- 6. Experimentation -- 7. Simulation -- 8. Interview -- 9. The Questionnaire -- 10. Attitude and Rating Scales -- 11. Content Analysis -- 12. Personal Documents and Archival Measures -- 13. Case Study -- 14. Action Research -- 15. The Big Fuzzies: Research on Difficult-To-Define Concepts -- 16. Standardized Tests and Inventories -- 17. Sampling -- 18. Descriptive Statistics -- 19. Inferential Statistics -- 20. Writing and Reviewing a Research Report -- 21. After The Report -- 22. Concluding Notes -- App. D. Example of a Manuscript Prepared According to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association -- App. E. Example of Style Used for a Technical Report.

ISBN

• 0195067126
• 9780195067125
• 0195067134
• 9780195067132

LCCN

90047753

OCLC

• ocm22451156
• 22451156
• SCSB-1970967

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library