Writing Empirical Research Reports

A Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Fred Pyrczak (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

162 Seiten

2005 | 5th New edition
Pyrczak Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-884585-58-6 (ISBN)

Infos

• Designed for students who will be writing research proposals, reports, theses, and dissertations.


• The 15 chapters cover 191 guidelines for effective scientific writing. The guidelines are fully illustrated with easy-to-follow examples.


• The guidelines describe the types of information that should be included, how this information should be expressed, and where various types of information should be placed within a research report.


• End-of-chapter questions help students master the writing process.

Inhalt

Chapters


1. Structuring a Research Report


2. Writing Simple Research Hypotheses


3. A Closer Look at Hypotheses


4. Writing Research Objectives and Questions


5. Writing Titles


6. Writing Introductions and Literature Reviews


7. Writing Definitions


8. Writing Assumptions, Limitations, and Delimitations


9. Writing Method Sections


10. Describing Experimental Methods


11. Writing Analysis and Results Sections


12. Writing Discussion Sections


13. Writing Abstracts


14. A Closer Look at Writing Reports of Qualitative Research


15. Preparing Reference Lists


References


Appendix A Checklist of Guidelines


Appendix B Thinking Straight and Writing That Way


Appendix C The Null Hypothesis and Significance Testing

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2005
• Verlagsort: Los Angeles
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• ISBN-10: 1-884585-58-2 / 1884585582
• ISBN-13: 978-1-884585-58-6 / 9781884585586
• Zustand: Neuware