TY - BOOK AU - Salkind,Neil J. TI - Exploring research : SN - 9780136011378 U1 - 370.72 PY - 2009/// CY - New Jersey PB - Pearson KW - Education-Research N1 - 1. The role and importance of research 2. The research process: coming to terms 3. Selecting a problem and reviewing the research 4. The importance of practicing ethics in research 5. Sampling and generalizability 6. Measurement, reliability and validity 7. Methods of measuring behavior 8. Data collection and descriptive statistics 9. Introducing inferential statics 10. Non experimental research: descriptive and correlational methods 11. Non experimental research qualitative methdos 12. Pre- and true experimental research methods 13. Quasi-experimental research: a close cousin to experimental research 14. Writing a research proposal 15. Writing a research manuscript ER -