Research methods / methodology Books
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Research Methods: A Practical Guide For Students
Book SynopsisResearch Methods: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers is a practical guide on how to conduct research systematically and professionally. The book begins by distinguishing between causal and interpretive sciences. It then guides the reader on how to formulate the research question, review the literature, develop the hypothesis or framework, select a suitable research methodology, and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.The book uses classic examples as exemplars. It also uses many examples from different disciplines and sectors to demonstrate and showcase the inter-connections and wider applications of research tools.The book emphasizes integration. It does not merely provide a smorgasbord of research designs, data collection methods, and ways to analyze data. Instead, it shows how one could formulate research strategies given the outcomes the researchers are required or tasked to deliver.The revised edition includes three new chapters on time series (including spatial models), machine learning, and meta-analysis. In addition, existing chapters have been expanded to include more examples, digital research, and new material.
£49.50
Springer Verlag, Singapore Determining Sample Size and Power in Research
Book SynopsisThis book addresses sample size and power in the context of research, offering valuable insights for graduate and doctoral students as well as researchers in any discipline where data is generated to investigate research questions. It explains how to enhance the authenticity of research by estimating the sample size and reporting the power of the tests used. Further, it discusses the issue of sample size determination in survey studies as well as in hypothesis testing experiments so that readers can grasp the concept of statistical errors, minimum detectable difference, effect size, one-tail and two-tail tests and the power of the test. The book also highlights the importance of fixing these boundary conditions in enhancing the authenticity of research findings and improving the chances of research papers being accepted by respected journals. Further, it explores the significance of sample size by showing the power achieved in selected doctoral studies. Procedure has been discussed to fix power in the hypothesis testing experiment. One should usually have power at least 0.8 in the study because having power less than this will have the issue of practical significance of findings. If the power in any study is less than 0.5 then it would be better to test the hypothesis by tossing a coin instead of organizing the experiment. It also discusses determining sample size and power using the freeware G*Power software, based on twenty-one examples using different analyses, like t-test, parametric and non-parametric correlations, multivariate regression, logistic regression, independent and repeated measures ANOVA, mixed design, MANOVA and chi-square.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction to Sample Size Determination Introduction Issue of Power due to inappropriate sample size Some case studies Flow Diagram of Determining sample size and power Summary 2 Understanding Statistical Inference Introduction Estimating Parameters Estimating Population Mean Confidence Coefficient Confidence Interval Factors Affecting Confidence Interval Estimating Population Proportion Hypothesis Testing Type I and Type II Errors Power of the Test Relationship between Type I and Type II Errors One Tailed and Two Tailed Tests Procedure in Hypothesis Testing Experiment Effect Size Summary 3 Understanding Concepts in Estimating Sample Size in Survey Studies Introduction Determining Sample Size in Estimating Population Mean Factors Affecting Sample Size Sample Size Determination for Estimating Mean when Population SD Known: Illustration 3.1 Sample Size Determination for Estimating Mean when Population SD Unknown: Illustration 3.2 Sample Size Determination for Estimating Mean when Population SD Unknown: Illustration 3.3 Sample Size Determination for Estimating Mean when Population SD Unknown: Illustration 3.4 Determining Sample Size in Estimating Population Proportion Sample Size Determination for Estimating Proportion: Illustration 3.5 Sample Size Determination for Estimating Proportion: Illustration 3.6 Sample Size Determination for Estimating Proportion: Illustration 3.7 Sample Size Determination for Estimating Proportion: Illustration 3.8 Determining Sample Size in Estimating Difference Between Two Population Means Summary 4 Understanding Concepts in Estimating Sample Size in Hypothesis Testing Experiment Introduction Sample Size on the Basis of Power One Sample Testing of Mean Determining Sample Size Estimation of Minimum Sample Size to Test H0 : µ=37 : Illustration 4.1 Minimum Detectable Difference Estimation of Minimum Detectable Difference for Testing H0: µ=37: Illustration 4.2 Estimation of Power in One Sample t Test Estimation of Power in Testing H0: µ=37: Illustration 4.3 Testing Difference Between Two Means Determining Sample Size in Two Sample t Test Estimation of Sample Size for Two Sample t Test for Mean : Illustration 4.4 Estimation of Power in Two Sample t Test Estimation of Power in Two Sample t Test for Mean : Illustration 4.5 Summary 5 Use of G*Power Software Introduction Procedure of Installing G*Power 3.1 Summary 6 Determining Sample Size in Experimental Studies Introduction One Sample Testing Testing Difference of Sample Mean from Population Mean Sample Size and Power Determination: Illustration 6.1 Testing Difference of Sample Proportion from Population Proportion Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.2 Two Sample Testing Comparing Group Means in Two Independent Samples Sample Size and Power Determination: Illustration 6.3 Comparing Paired Group Means Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.4 Comparing two Group Means Using Mann Whitney Test Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.5 Comparing Paired Group Means Using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.6 Comparing Two Proportions Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.7 Correlation Coefficient: Testing Significance Case I: Testing Whether Sample Correlation Differs From 0 Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.14 Case II: Testing Whether Sample Correlation Differs from a Known Value Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.15 Correlation Coefficients: Testing Significant Difference Between Two Independent Correlations Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.16 Bi-Serial Correlation: Testing Significance Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.17 Goodness of Fit: Testing With Chi-Square Sample Size Determination in Goodness of Fit: Illustration 6.18 Linear Multiple Regression Model Sample Size Determination in Linear Multiple Regression: Illustration 6.19 Logistic Regression Sample Size Determination for Continuous Predictors: Illustration 6.20 Sample Size Determination for a Dichotomous Predictor: Illustration 6.21 Summary 7 Determining Sample Size in General Linear Models Introduction Analysis of Variance One–Way Analysis of Variance Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.8 Two–Way Analysis of Variance Sample Size Determination for Main and Interaction Effect: Illustration 6.9 Repeated Measures ANOVA Between Factors Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.10 Repeated Measures ANOVA Within Factors Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.11 Repeated ANOVA Within-Between Interaction Manova Experiment: for Testing the Significance of Global Effect Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.12 Manova Experiment: Testing Significance of Interaction Effect Sample Size Determination: Illustration 6.13 Summary Appendix Bibliography
£89.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Nobel Laureates In Search Of Identity And
Book SynopsisIn this collection of essays, biographies and Nobel lectures, ten Nobel Laureates from five continents give various and startling perspectives on current questions about modernity and tradition, unity and diversity, integration, identity, integrity, gender and sexual roles in a multicultural world of change. It is also a book on self-confidence and presents different ways to self-knowledge and cultural individuality. Published in print for the first time, these studies and penetrating observations on topical issues, written by leading authors and intellectuals from many distant countries, make up one of the most intriguing and engaging avowals of our time.The Nobel Laureates are:Sir V S Naipaul (United Kingdom, born in Trinidad)Nadine Gordimer (South Africa)Derek Walcott (St Lucia)Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt)Patrick White (Australia)Ernest Hemingway (USA)Grazia Deledda (Sardinia, Italy)Amartya Sen (United Kingdom and the USA, born in India)Rabindranath Tagore (India)Nelson Mandela (South Africa)Table of ContentsTwo Worlds (V S Naipaul) The Enigma of Arrival (V S Naipaul) Writing and Being (N Gordimer) Nadine Gordimer and the South African Experience (P Wastberg) A Single, Homeless, Circling Satellite -- Derek Walcott (J Mjoberg) The Antilles -- Fragments of Epic Memory (D Walcott) Naguib Mahfouz -- The Son of Two Civilizations (A Hallengren) Autobiography (P White) Patrick White -- Existential Explorer (K Hansson) A Case of Identity: Ernest Hemingway (A Hallengren) Voice of Sardegna -- Grazia Deledda (A Hallengren) Autobiography (A Sen) Tagore and His India (A Sen) Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow of Culture (A Hallengren)
£30.40
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Seri: Singapore's World-class Research -
Book SynopsisJust 10 years ago, ophthalmic research was almost unheard of in Singapore. With little money and no infrastructure, ophthalmologists and scientists expressed scant interest in research. Today, however, ophthalmic research in Singapore is at a high international level, as exemplified by the activities of the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), which is capable of competing with and challenging the world's leading eye research centers. Indeed, the world-class research carried out at SERI has helped to extend Singapore's international reach as the country moves towards its goal of becoming a global city and a leading nation influencing developments across Asia and the world.This book summarizes a decade of hard work, dedication, and commitment by a handful of doctors and researchers in their efforts to establish SERI and ensure its success. In particular, the remarkable contributions of two of Singapore's ophthalmic pioneers, the late Associate Professor Chew Sek Jin and current Professor Donald Tan, are acknowledged. The book will inspire leaders of developing nations in visualizing how research can develop rapidly in their own country, and how support and facilities may materialize if they can gather a few dedicated, intelligent researchers.
£41.80
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Research Methods: A Practical Guide For Students
Book SynopsisFor many students, doing research is often a joyless struggle. This book provides practical advice on how to do research in a concise way. It uses classic examples to show how experts conduct their research in different fields, allowing this book to be used in different disciplines.Research Methods: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers provides a practical guide to students and researchers on how to do their research systematically and professionally. The book begins by distinguishing between causal and interpretive sciences. It then guides the reader on how to formulate the research question, review the literature, develop the hypothesis or theoretical framework, select a suitable research methodology, and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.The book emphasizes integration. It does not merely provide a smorgasbord of research designs, data collection methods, and ways to analyze data. Instead, it shows how one can integrate these elements into a coherent research strategy.
£48.45
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Research Methods: A Practical Guide For Students
Book SynopsisFor many students, doing research is often a joyless struggle. This book provides practical advice on how to do research in a concise way. It uses classic examples to show how experts conduct their research in different fields, allowing this book to be used in different disciplines.Research Methods: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers provides a practical guide to students and researchers on how to do their research systematically and professionally. The book begins by distinguishing between causal and interpretive sciences. It then guides the reader on how to formulate the research question, review the literature, develop the hypothesis or theoretical framework, select a suitable research methodology, and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data.The book emphasizes integration. It does not merely provide a smorgasbord of research designs, data collection methods, and ways to analyze data. Instead, it shows how one can integrate these elements into a coherent research strategy.
£31.35
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Promoting Research Integrity In A Global
Book SynopsisGlobalisation has become a rewarding but challenging fact of life for scientific and scholarly researchers. Intellectually, they work with shared understandings of their areas of research and research methods. Professionally, responsibility and best practices are subject to many different rules and standards that vary across disciplines, countries, and cultures. They know how to measure and study the objects of their research but are often less sure of what constitutes the responsible practice of research or research integrity.The World Conferences on Research Integrity provide a forum for an international group of researchers, research administrators from funding agencies and similar bodies, research organisations performing research, universities and policy makers to discuss and make recommendations on ways to improve, harmonise, publicise, and make operationally effective international policies for the responsible conduct of research. The second such conference, held in Singapore in July 2010, focused on challenges and responses. Where is integrity in research today most significantly challenged and what is being done to address these challenges? This volume brings together a selection of presentations and key guidelines and statements emerging from the Conference.Table of ContentsWelcomes; Research Integrity Structures; Research Misconduct; Codes of Conduct; Fostering Responsible Research; Integrity Issues for Authors and Editors; Integrity in the News.
£126.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd New Trends In Qualitative And Quantitative
Book SynopsisThis unique volume presents the latest scientific achievements of library researchers and professionals on the Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of Libraries. Scholars and professionals have now an information resource on methodological tools for library services. Except for the new technologies that facilitate the innovation of libraries, it is the underlying policy and functional changes that have the most lasting effect on the scholarly operation that explains why this volume is important in the field or market.It also explores in detail the areas covering library methodologies, marketing and management, statistics and bibliometrics, content and subject analysis, users' behaviors and library policies that play an important role at every aspect of library research in the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsAssessing and Evaluating Reference; Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Library Marketing and Management; Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Digital Library Education and Research; Library and Information Science and Research; Users and their Behaviors; Applications to Academic Libraries; Applications to Digital Libraries; Data Mining /Content Analysis; Information and Learning.
£127.80
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Political Science Research Methods: Exploring
Book SynopsisThe principal goal of this textbook is to provide clear and elementary descriptions of the major statistical techniques used in political and social science research. The book is built on two basic assumptions. First, that it is possible to explain social science statistics in a simple and straightforward manner so that students with a minimal background in math can understand even fairly advanced techniques, such as multiple and logistic regression. Second, that undergraduate and even graduate students have less trouble in understanding specific techniques than in interpreting what statistical results mean substantively. Consequently, the book stresses the interpretation of research findings.In essence, the book argues that political science research is like piecing a jigsaw puzzle together. Pieces of information — statistical and non-statistical — must be assembled and interpreted both logically and creatively.The text is organized in a unique manner, using the various techniques being discussed to analyze the current state of the United States as it seemingly stands at a crossroads in both its political orientations and socioeconomic nature. To make the statistical interpretation more meaningful and easier to understand, the results throughout the book are integrated by their focus upon two central questions related to the theme of America at a Crossroads: Are Americans conservative or liberal in their political beliefs? How do economic and social outcomes in America compare to those in other developed democracies?Table of ContentsResearch as Puzzle Solving; Introducing our Data; The Logic of Inquiry and Research Design; Approaches to the Study of Politics; Qualitative Approaches; More Complex Issues in Interpreting Data; Summary Statistics; An Introduction to Inferential Statistics; Crosstabulation; Multivariate Analysis; Regression Analysis; Multiple Regression and Path Analysis; Logistic Regression; Conclusion.
£58.90
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd How To Read And Critique A Scientific Research
Book SynopsisGiven the explosion of information and knowledge in the field of Life Sciences, adapting primary literature as materials in course work as part of active learning seems to be more effective in improving scientific literacy among science undergraduates than the pure transmission of content knowledge using traditional textbooks. In addition, students also read research articles as part of undertaking laboratory research projects useful for preparing them for graduate school. As such, a good grasp of reading and analytical skills is needed for students to understand how their research project contributes to the field that they are working in. Such skills are being taught at UK and USA universities. In Asia, this approach in teaching has not yet been as widespread, although similar ideas are beginning to be used in education. Written as a quick guide for undergraduate students and faculty members dealing with scientific research articles as part of a module or research project, this book will be useful, especially in Asia, for students and faculty members as the universities look to incorporating the use of scientific research articles in their undergraduate teaching.For Life Science students, the first time they encounter a primary literature can be rather daunting, though with proper guidance, they can overcome the initial difficulties and become confident in dealing with scientific articles.This guidebook provides a structured approach to reading a research article, guiding the reader step-by-step through each section, with tips on how to look out for key points and how to evaluate each section.Overall, by helping undergraduate students to overcome their anxieties in reading scientific literature, the book will enable the students to appreciate better the process of scientific investigations and how knowledge is derived in science.Table of ContentsIntroduction; How to Search for an Article; Anatomy of a Typical Scientific Article; A Brief Insight into How Scientific Articles Get Published in Journals; The Introduction Section: Background Information on the Topic of Research; More on the Introduction Section: Hypothesis or Question that the Authors were Investigating; The Materials and Methods Section: Reagents and Techniques Used in the Study; The Results Section: What were the Important Observations Made?; The Discussion Section: What were the Main Conclusion(s) Made by the Authors Arising from the Data?; What are Your Views on the Article?; Writing Activities Related to Critiquing an Article; Final Words.
£21.85
Independently Published Islam, Women and Sexuality: Education and Ethics
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£11.20
Information Age Publishing Qualitative Research With Diverse and Underserved
Book SynopsisThe purpose of the book is to provide a description and explanation of various qualitative methods and mechanisms of analysis with case study examples. The book will introduce theory, methods, and techniques and can serve as a "field guide" for practice. Though there are many books which describe qualitative research, this book is designed from its inception as a guide to inquiry with individuals from and groups and communities which are underrepresented, marginalized and/or socially disadvantaged. With this purpose, the book focuses on the meaningfulness of qualitative approaches framed by a commitment to social justice and considers qualitative research with the imperative of involving voiceless, marginalized, unrepresented, or devalued populations.We anticipate the book will be useful for teachers of qualitative research and evaluation, practitioners, dissertation students considering qualitative methods and as a ready reference (i.e., a field guide). The authors/editors believe this book will expand national conversations about social justice, address voids in the literature and gaps in public policy informed by social justice and inform the general body of knowledge concerning qualitative research.
£62.40
Information Age Publishing Qualitative Research With Diverse and Underserved
Book SynopsisThe purpose of the book is to provide a description and explanation of various qualitative methods and mechanisms of analysis with case study examples. The book will introduce theory, methods, and techniques and can serve as a "field guide" for practice. Though there are many books which describe qualitative research, this book is designed from its inception as a guide to inquiry with individuals from and groups and communities which are underrepresented, marginalized and/or socially disadvantaged. With this purpose, the book focuses on the meaningfulness of qualitative approaches framed by a commitment to social justice and considers qualitative research with the imperative of involving voiceless, marginalized, unrepresented, or devalued populations.We anticipate the book will be useful for teachers of qualitative research and evaluation, practitioners, dissertation students considering qualitative methods and as a ready reference (i.e., a field guide). The authors/editors believe this book will expand national conversations about social justice, address voids in the literature and gaps in public policy informed by social justice and inform the general body of knowledge concerning qualitative research.
£96.05
Information Age Publishing Lived Experience and Educational Research
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£42.38
Information Age Publishing Lived Experience and Educational Research
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£75.95
