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Neil J. Salkind received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Human Development. After teaching for 35 years at the University of Kansas, he remains as a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, where he continues to collaborate with colleagues and work with students. His early interests were in the area of children's cognitive development. After researching in the areas of cognitive style, he became a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina's Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. He is the author of Statistics for People Who Think They Hate Statistics (Sage), Theories of Human Development (Sage), and Exploring Research (Pearson). He has edited several encyclopedias including the Encyclopedia of Human Development, the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and the recently published Encyclopedia of Research Design. He was the editor of Child

Table of Contents

1. The Role and Importance of Research

2. The Research Process: Coming to Terms

3A. Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research

3B. The Importance of Practicing Ethics in Research

4. Sampling and Generalizability

5. Measurement, Reliability, and Validity

6. Methods of Measuring Behavior

7. Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics

8. Introducing Inferential Statistics

9. Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methods

10. Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods

11. Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods

12. Quasi-Experimental Research: A Close Cousin to Experimental Research

13. Writing a Research Proposal

14. Writing a Research Manuscript

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Neil J. Salkind received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Human Development. After teaching for 35 years at the University of Kansas, he remains as a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, where he continues to collaborate with colleagues and work with students. His early interests were in the area of children's cognitive development. After researching in the areas of cognitive style, he became a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina's Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. He is the author of Statistics for People Who Think They Hate Statistics (Sage), Theories of Human Development (Sage), and Exploring Research (Pearson). He has edited several encyclopedias including the Encyclopedia of Human Development, the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and the recently published Encyclopedia of Research Design. He was the editor of Child

      Table of Contents

      1. The Role and Importance of Research

      2. The Research Process: Coming to Terms

      3A. Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research

      3B. The Importance of Practicing Ethics in Research

      4. Sampling and Generalizability

      5. Measurement, Reliability, and Validity

      6. Methods of Measuring Behavior

      7. Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics

      8. Introducing Inferential Statistics

      9. Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methods

      10. Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods

      11. Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods

      12. Quasi-Experimental Research: A Close Cousin to Experimental Research

      13. Writing a Research Proposal

      14. Writing a Research Manuscript

      Appendix A

      Appendix B

      Appendix C

      Appendix D

      Bibliography

      Glossary

      Index

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