TY - BOOK AU - Salkind,Neil J. TI - Exploring research SN - 0136011373 (alk. paper) U1 - 150.72 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson/Prentice Hall Higher Education KW - Psychology KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Education N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The role and importance of research -- The research process : coming to terms -- Selecting a problem and reviewing the research -- Ethics : the basic principles -- Sampling and generalizability -- Measurement, reliability, and validity -- Methods of measuring behavior -- Data collection and descriptive statistics -- Introducing inferential statistics -- Nonexperimental research : descriptive and correlational methods -- Nonexperimental research : qualitative methods -- Pre- and true experimental research methods -- Quasi-experimental research : a close cousin to experimental research -- Writing a research proposal -- Writing a research manuscript ER -