Handbook of Research Methods: A Guide for Practitioners and Students in the Social Sciences

By Natalie L. Sproull

Book Overview

A ready reference and text designed for researchers, managers, and administrators who make research-based decisions, as well as students of the social sciences and business. The entire research process, from variables to final report, is covered step by step.

New in this edition is a chapter overview of multivariate techniques. Special features include a glossary of 248 research terms, a summary of fourteen types of instruments with examples, a research proposal checklist, flow charts for selecting appropriate statistical tests, and a flow chart for the entire research process, with alternatives at each decision point.

With every major concept are its definition, purpose, advantages, disadvantages, process, and an example. Readers are alerted to possible problems and cautioned.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810844869
• ISBN13: 9780810844865
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.4" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Recommended for research methods

I work for the GAO. This book was recommended to me as a reference by one of our Applied Research Methods guys. It's been a good reference for identifying criteria in program evaluation.

A Heaven sent resourse

I have found Sproull's book to be of great help in understanding and following the steps in the research process. I use it as a reference against other manuals of the social science research nature. I recommend this book to everyone who does reseach, of any nature, or who is studying the research process.

A classic guide to research

A classic guide to research, which I've found useful for both work and graduate school. For those of us who like our information neatly and logically ordered in tables and flow-charts, this book entirely fits the bill. Comprehensive and, given the subject matter, quite accessible.