THE BOOK OF THE SKY: A RÉSUMÉ OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION

By EMMA MOORE

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH THE RESEARCH PROCESS TYPES OF RESEARCH RESEARCH PROPOSALS RESEARCH ETHICS GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH SPSS SUMMARY KEY TERMS CHAPTER 2 THE WHO, HOW, AND WHY OF RESEARCH WHO: SELECTING A SAMPLE HOW: SELECTING A RESEARCH STRATEGY WHY: DOING RESEARCH THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE CHAPTER 3 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: MEASUREMENT AND DATA COLLECTION MEASUREMENT: TURNING ABSTRACTIONS INTO VARIABLES CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD MEASURES COLLECTING DATA CHAPTER 4 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: DESCRIPTIVE AND CORRELATIONAL DESIGNS BASIC CONCEPTS CAUSATION AND PREDICTION DATA GATHERING DATA ANALYSIS CHAPTER 5 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: BASIC EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS EXPERIMENTAL VALIDITY TYPES OF VARIABLES CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPERIMENTS TYPES OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS CHAPTER 6 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: ADVANCED EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS BASIC CONCEPTS REPEATED-MEASURES DESIGNS COMPLEX DESIGNS QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS CHAPTER 7 WHAT IS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH? TELLING A STORY QUALITATIVELY TWO WORLDVIEWS ON RESEARCH: REALITY AND KNOWLEDGE COMPARISON OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CRITIQUE OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION CHAPTER 8 PLANNING YOUR QUALITATIVE STUDY: DESIGN, SAMPLING, AND DATA ANALYSIS DESIGNING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CHAPTER 9 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS: ETHNOGRAPHY, PHENOMENOLOGY, CASE STUDY, TEXTUAL ANALYSIS, AND APPLIED RESEARCH ETHNOGRAPHY PHENOMENOLOGY CASE STUDY TEXTUAL ANALYSIS APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS: ACTION AND EVALUATION RESEARCH CHAPTER 10 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TOOLS: INTERVIEWING, FOCUS GROUPS, AND OBSERVATION THE FIRST TOOL: DE? NING THE CONTEXT QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TOOLS: HOW TO COLLECT DATA CHAPTER 11 PRESENTING YOUR RESEARCH FINDINGS PRESENTING YOUR RESEARCH WITH A POSTER PRESENTING YOUR RESEARCH IN AN ORAL PRESENTATION PRESENTING YOUR RESEARCH IN A PAPER REDUCING BIAS IN RESEARCH REPORTING