Melisa C Galvan, Fred Pyrczak

Writing Empirical Research Reports

A Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A perennial best-seller that shows students how to follow the traditions in scientific writing. More than a style manual, this text takes students through the complete sequence for writing an effective research report. Text is consistent with the 2010 edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association and includes numerous examples from published research reports. New to this edition: A copy of our Standards for Reporting Research booklet is included free of charge. It includes three reports that address research for psychology, the humanities, and the social sciences

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 8th edition
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 216mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9781936523368
• ISBN-10: 1936523361
• Artikelnr.: 42032542

Autorenporträt

Leisa C. Galvan, Fred Pyrczak

Inhaltsangabe

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