Practical research : planning and design / Paul D. Leedy.

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Main Author: Leedy, Paul D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Toronto : New York : Macmillan ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1993.
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The fundamentals
  • Introduction
  • 1. The dimensions of research
  • 2. Tools of research
  • Part 2. Research planning and design
  • 3. The problem: the heart of the research project
  • 4. The review of the related literature
  • 5. Planning the research project
  • 6. Research methodology: qualitative or quantitative?
  • 7. Writing the research proposal
  • Part 3. Qualitative research methodologies
  • 8. The descriptive survey study
  • 9. The historical study
  • Part 4. Quantitative research methodologies: data principally numerical
  • 10. The quantitative study
  • 11. The experimental study
  • Part 5. Presenting the results
  • 12. Writing the research report
  • 13. The style, the format, the readability of the report.