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PART Ⅰ Introduction
Chapter 1 Explaining what research is
Definition of research
Visualizing the research process
Classifications of research
Qualities of a good researcher
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 2 Fundamental concepts
Hypothesis, theory, and model
Population and sample
Variables
Level of measurement
Operationalization
Summary
After-reading activities
PART Ⅱ Researching
Chapter 3 Developing research questions
Procedures
Problems in question formation
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 4 Reading the literature
Sources of literature
Procedures for reviewing the literature
Constructing a working bibliography
Deciding on the scope
Deciding what is for detailed reading
Summarizing the information
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 5 Selecting research designs
Quantitative and qualitative
Links between questions and designs
A mono-design and a mixed design
Complexities in classifying designs
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 6 A survey study
A brief description of a survey study
Instrument designing: questionnaire
Scaling techniques
Selecting subjects
Administering the questionnaire
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 7 An experimental study
A brief description of an experimental study
Causality
Validity in experimentation
Types of experimental studies
Procedures for an experimental study
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 8 A case study
A brief description of a case study
Selecting participants
Collecting data
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 9 Basic statistics
A brief description of statistics
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 10 The analysis of quantitative data
An overview of SPSS for Windows
Analyzing the data of a questionnaire
Analyzing the data of an experiment
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 11 The analysis of qualitative data
Choices for analyzing qualitative data
Data preparation
Qualitative analysis
Validity and reliability
Summary
After-reading activities
PART Ⅲ Thesis Writing
Chapter 12 An overview of thesis writing
Definition of thesis and dissertation
The structure of a thesis
Suggestions for writing a thesis within a time frame
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 13 Writing up a thesis/dissertation
Writing an introduction
Writing a literature review
Describing methodology
Reporting results and discussion
Writing a conclusion
Summary
After-reading activities
Chapter 14 Writing styles and avoiding plagiarism
Academic writing style
APA writing format
Avoiding plagiarism
Summary
After-reading activities
References
Subject index
Author index