Preface
Section 1: Science, Constructs, and Definitions
- Section 1.1: What is (Social) Science?
- Section 1.2: Making Sense of Numbers
- Section 1.3: Definitions and Constructs
- Section 1.4: Research Ethics
- Section 1.5: Finding Information
Section 2: Writing Literature Reviews
- Section 2.1: The Scientific Literature
- Section 2.2: The Research Writing Process
- Section 2.3: Analyzing the Literature
- Section 2.4: Methodological Concerns
- Section 2.5: The APA Style
Section 3: Variables and Hypotheses
- Section 3.1: Writing Research Hypotheses
- Section 3.2: Variables
- Section 3.3: Scales of Measurement
- Section 3.4: Sampling and Generalizability
- Section 3.5: Hypothesis Testing
Section 4: Writing For Research
- Section 4.1: Synthesis of the Literature
- Section 4.2: Quoting and Paraphrasing
- Section 4.3: Elements of a Literature Review
- Section 4.4: Your Own Style
- Section 4.5: Writing to Style
Section 5: Research Designs
- Section 5.1: Quantitative Research
- Section 5.2: Experimental Designs
- Section 5.3: True Experiments
- Section 5.4: Quasi-experimental Designs
- Section 5.5: Qualitative Designs
Section 6: Data Collection and Qualitative Designs
- Section 6.1: Qualitative and Historical Research
- Section 6.2: Existing Data and Archival Records
- Section 6.3: Observational Research
- Section 6.4: Surveys and Interviews
- Section 6.5: Applied Research
Appendix A: Advanced Concepts in Research Ethics
I’ve developed a section of brief documents and handouts to supplement this material, simply called Research Tools.
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