TY - BOOK AU - Leedy,Paul D. AU - Ormrod,Jeanne Ellis TI - Practical research: planning and design SN - 9781292095875 AV - Q180.55.M4 L43 2015 PY - 2015///] CY - Harlow, Essex PB - Pearson KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Previous edition: 2014; Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-395) and index; PART I The fundamentals: 1 The nature and tools of research. -- PART II Focusing your research efforts. -- 2 The probelm: the hearth of the research process. -- Chapter 3 Review of the related literature. -- 4 Planning your research project. -- 5 Writing the research proposal. -- PART III Quantitative research. -- 6 Descriptive research. -- 7 Experimental, quasi-experimantal, and ex post facto designs. -- 8 Analyzing quantitative data. -- PART IV Qualitative research. -- 9 Qualitative research methods. -- 10 Historical research. -- 11 Analyzing qualitative data. -- PART V Mixed methods research. -- 12 Mixed methods designs. -- PART VI Research reports. -- 13 Planning and preparing a final research report. -- Appendix A: Using a spreadsheet: Microsoft Excel. -- Appendix B Using SPSS ER -