Summaries: the best textbooks for research methods and research design summarized

Summaries of the best textbooks for research methods and research design

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  • Study areas: design, behavioral research, business research, psychology research
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Summary with the 4th edition of Business Research Methods by Blumberg

Summary with the 4th edition of Business Research Methods by Blumberg

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How does sampling work? - Chapter 6

What are the reasons of sampling?

The unit of analysis depicts the level at which the research is performed and which objects are researched. The essential application of sampling is that it allows for drawing conclusions about the entire population, by studying some of the elements in a population. A population element is the unit of study: the individual

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Summary of Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods by Leary - 6th edition - Exclusive

Summary of Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods by Leary - 6th edition - Exclusive

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    What are the important elements for research in the behavioural sciences? - Chapter 1 - Exclusive
    What does variability mean? - Chapter 2 - Exclusive
    How can behavior be measured? - Chapter 3 - Exclusive
    What are the different approaches to psychological measurement? - Chapter 4 - Exclusive
    How can participants be selected? - Chapter 5 - Exclusive
    What does descriptive research consist of? - Chapter 6 - Exclusive
    What does correlational research consist of? - Chapter 7 - Exclusive
    What correlational techniques exist? - Chapter 8 - Exclusive
    How is experimental research designed? - Chapter 9 - Exclusive
    How is an experimental design structured? - Chapter 10 - Exclusive
    How does the analysis of experimental data work? - Chapter 11 - Exclusive
    How does the analysis of complex designs work? - Chapter 12 - Exclusive
    How do quasi-experimental designs look? - Chapter 13 - Exclusive
    What is a single-case experiment? - Chapter 14 - Exclusive
    What ethical issues play a role in behavioral research? - Chapter 15 - Exclusive
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    Summary of Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics by Field - 5th edition - Exclusive

    Summary of Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics by Field - 5th edition - Exclusive

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    • Chapter 0 - What are the commonly used symbols in statistics?
    • Chapter 1 - Why does an evil teacher force students to learn statistics?
    • Chapter 2 - What does statistics consist of?
    • Chapter 3 - What are the limits of statistical research?
    • Chapter 4 - What does the SPSS statistics environment look like?
    • Chapter 5 - In which way can data be explored with graphs?
    • Chapter 6 - What is meant by the bias beast?
    • Chapter 7 - What is meant by a non-parametric test?
    • Chapter 8 - What is
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    What are the commonly used symbols in statistics? - Chapter 0 - Exclusive
    Why does an evil teacher force students to learn statistics? - Chapter 1 - Exclusive
    What does statistics consist of? - Chapter 2 - Exclusive
    What are the limits of statistical research? - Chapter 3 - Exclusive
    What does the SPSS statistics environment look like? - Chapter 4 - Exclusive
    In which way can data be explored with graphs? - Chapter 5 - Exclusive
    What is meant by the bias beast? - Chapter 6 - Exclusive
    What is meant by a non-parametric test? - Chapter 7 - Exclusive
    What is meant by the correlation between variables? - Chapter 8 - Exclusive
    What are the main characteristics of the linear model? - Chapter 9 - Exclusive
    How can two means be compared? - Chapter 10 - Exclusive
    What is meant by moderation, mediation and multicategory predictors? - Chapter 11 - Exclusive
    How are different independent means compared with each other? - Chapter 12 - Exclusive
    What is meant by an ANCOVA? - Chapter 13 - Exclusive
    What is meant by a factorial design? - Chapter 14 - Exclusive
    What is meant by a repeated-measures design? - Chapter 15 - Exclusive
    What are mixed designs? - Chapter 16 - Exclusive
    What is meant by a MANOVA? - Chapter 17 - Exclusive
    What are the main characteristics of an exploratory factor analysis? - Chapter 18 - Exclusive
    How can categorical variables be analyzed? - Chapter 19 - Exclusive
    What is meant by a loglinear analysis? - Chapter 20 - Exclusive
    What is meant by multilevel linear models? - Chapter 21 - Exclusive
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    Summary with Research Methods for Business Students Saunders et al.

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    Summary of Research Methods in Psychology: Evaluating a World of Information by Morling - 4th edition - Exclusive

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      What is the psychological way of thinking? - Chapter 1 - Exclusive
      What are the different sources of information and why is scientific research the best source? - Chapter 2 - Exclusive
      Which types of claims and validity can consumers of research interrogate? - Chapter 3 - Exclusive
      What are the ethical guidelines for psychological research? - Chapter 4 - Exclusive
      What are good measures in psychology? - Chapter 5 - Exclusive
      How do we use surveys and observations? - Chapter 6 - Exclusive
      How do we estimate the frequencies of behaviors and attitudes? - Chapter 7 - Exclusive
      What is bivariate correlational research? - Chapter 8 - Exclusive
      What is multivariate correlational research? - Chapter 9 - Exclusive
      How can causal claims be evaluated with the help of experiments? - Chapter 10 - Exclusive
      Where and how can we determine the influence of confounding and obscuring factors? - Chapter 11 - Exclusive
      How do we deal with experiments that have more than one independent variable? - Chapter 12 - Exclusive
      What are quasi-experiments and small-N designs? - Chapter 13 - Exclusive
      Can we apply the results of a study to the real world? - Chapter 14 - Exclusive
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      Summary with the 15th edition of The Practice of Social Research by Babbie - Exclusive

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      • Chapter 0 - What is the book 'The Practice of Social Research' by Babbie about?
      • Chapter 1 - How are human inquiry and science conducted?
      • Chapter 2 - How are paradigms and theories used within the field of social research?
      • Chapter 3 - In what way do ethics and politics play a role within the field of social research?
      • Chapter 4 - How are research projects designed?
      • Chapter 5 - How do conceptualisation, operationalisation and measurement take place?
      • Chapter 6 - How do researchers apply indexes, scales and typologies within the field of social research?
      • Chapter 7 - What is the logic behind sampling
      • Chapter 8 - How do researchers conduct experiments
      • Chapter 9 - How do researchers conduct survey research?
      • Chapter 10 - How do researchers conduct qualitative field research?
      • Chapter 11 - What
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      What is the book 'The Practice of Social Research' by Babbie about? - Chapter 0 - Exclusive
      How are human inquiry and science conducted? - Chapter 1 - Exclusive
      How are paradigms and theories used within the field of social research? - Chapter 2 - Exclusive
      In what way do ethics and politics play a role within the field of social research? - Chapter 3 - Exclusive
      How are research projects designed? - Chapter 4 - Exclusive
      How do conceptualisation, operationalisation and measurement take place? - Chapter 5 - Exclusive
      How do researchers apply indexes, scales and typologies within the field of social research? - Chapter 6 - Exclusive
      What is the logic behind sampling? - Chapter 7 - Exclusive
      How do researchers conduct experiments? - Chapter 8 - Exclusive
      How do researchers conduct survey research? - Chapter 9 - Exclusive
      How do researchers conduct qualitative field research? - Chapter 10 - Exclusive
      What does unobtrusive research entail and how is it conducted? - Chapter 11 - Exclusive
      How do researchers conduct evaluation research? - Chapter 12 - Exclusive
      How is qualitative data analysis conducted? - Chapter 13 - Exclusive
      How is quantitative data analysis conducted? - Chapter 14 - Exclusive
      What is the logic behind multivariate data analysis? - Chapter 15 - Exclusive
      What does the practice of social statistics look like? - Chapter 16 - Exclusive
      What do the processes of reading and writing look like within the field of social research? - Chapter 17 - Exclusive
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