A practical guide to behavioral research : tools and techniques /

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Author / Creator:Sommer, Robert
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1980.
Description:viii, 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/301229
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Other authors / contributors:Sommer, Barbara Baker, 1938- joint author.
ISBN:0195026918
0195026926 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Introduction to Research
  • 1. Multimethod Approach
  • 2. Ethics
  • 3. How to do a Literature Review
  • Part 2. Observational Methods
  • 4. Observation
  • 5. Behavioral Mapping and Trace Measures
  • Part 3. Designing Experiments
  • 6. Experimentation
  • 7. Simulation
  • Part 4. Survey Design
  • 8. Interview
  • 9. Questionnaire
  • 10. Attitude and Rating Scales
  • Part 5. Other Useful Research Procedures and Materials
  • 11. Content Analysis
  • 12. Personal Documents and Archival Measures
  • 13. Case Study
  • 14. Apparatus
  • 15. Standardized Tests
  • Part 6. Sampling, Statistics, and Reports
  • 16. Sampling
  • 17. Descriptive Statistics
  • 18. Inferential Statistics
  • 19. Calculators and Computers
  • 20. Writing the Report
  • 21. After the Report
  • 22. Concluding
  • Notes
  • Appendix A.
  • Table A.1. Critical Values for t Test
  • Table A.2. Critical Values for Chi-Square Test
  • Table A.3. Critical Values for Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient
  • Table A.4. Critical Values for Spearman Rank-Order Coefficient
  • Table A.5. Abridged Table of Random Numbers
  • Table A.6. Critical Values of F
  • Appendix B. Example of an article written according to the style manual of the American Psychological Association
  • Appendix C. Example of style used for a technical report
  • Glossary Author
  • Index Subject
  • Index