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Exploring Research

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Having previously purchased a required research textbook that was written in a truly "mind-numbing" fashion, I went online to find a supplemental text. I was looking for something to help me develop some background knowledge in order to better understand my assigned readings. I consider myself very lucky for having found "Exploring Research". The writing style is very straightforward. I was easily able to read the textbook within a few days, and this made understanding the assigned readings in my course textbook much easier to do.

Easy to understand charts are used to illustrate points and organize the information. Practical resources are given to assist in developing a Literature Review. Rather than simply telling the reader to read a research study "critically", the author provides a list of specific questions an introductory student can ask themselves for each section of a report being read. As a supplemental text for the beginning student, this book is a wonderful resource for making sense of the basic research concepts.

Chapters include:
The Role and Importance of Research
The Research Process: Coming to Terms
Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research
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

Regardless of what your research needs are, this books could be called "research for dummies" in its excellent and easy-to-follow explanations. Buy this book, even if your required text is something else - It's filled with examples and can be read like an adventure novel in bed WHILE being truly comprehended! I've taken statistics, research classes, etc. - I wished I had read this book along with my first class! There's nothing dry about this and 1000 words are too few to praise it adequately!

While this book is written in a very "user-friendly" style, the amount of typographical, stylistic, and grammatical errors is incredibly distracting! For a book that's supposed to discuss the precision of research methodology, it certainly has a long way to go in being accurate. It seems that on almost every page there is a typographical or grammatical error, which is completely unacceptable in a professional resource (even if it is targeted towards "beginners"). There are a couple of chapters in which entire sections seem been left out and others that are very sloppily edited.

Surely the author could have forked over a couple hundred bucks to get a professional (or even a half-intelligent grad student!) to proofread it. It is in its seventh edition, after all.

If copious amounts of unprofessional errors irritate you in a textbook, avoid this one.

Whether you are just beginning a masters program or a PhD program, this book provides a great down-to-earth introduction into the world of research methods. The technical language of the material is delivered to the students in a way that is fun and understanding. I greatly enjoyed reading the text and it fully prepared me for my first ever research project.

I really liked this book, we used it for a research methods class. It's an easy read and has useful information!

Exploring Research is a howto reference aiming to guide reseachers and academics to make a good research. It uses an easy language with plenty of illustrative examples. I recommended it for researchers, especially beginners.

I really enjoyed reading this textbook. It gives me the whole picture from outside. If you are working on developing test or conducting an analysis or a research, this textbook is suitable for you. The language used is easy to comprehend. Although I have finished the course with University of Phoenix online that is associated with this textbook, I am still reading and reading this textbook. Really, it worths buying it.

I ordered six books for my son and was delighted with the quick delivery. They were at my door in a day and a half, just in time for classes.

looks good to me. I dropped the class havn't used it yet though. it appears fine

The entire transaction was great from buying, price, and promised quality. However, the seller chose 2nd class mail for delivery which was very slow 10+ days to arrive... The book weukd only have cost about $2 to ship even 1st class USPS so the $3.99 shipping is really either a ripoff or you need to add about $2 into the actual price of the purchase when comparing costs with this vendor and others...