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A Research Primer for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • 1st Edition - October 8, 1985
  • Authors: Miriam Schapiro Grosof, Hyman Sardy
  • Language: English
  • Paperback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 0 4 1 8 0 - 7
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 5 8 0 1 - 0

A Research Primer for the Social and Behavioral Sciences provides an introductory but comprehensive overview of the research process that primarily concerns human subjects. This… Read more

A Research Primer for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

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A Research Primer for the Social and Behavioral Sciences provides an introductory but comprehensive overview of the research process that primarily concerns human subjects. This book discusses the methods of acquiring knowledge, importance of a well-chosen problem, review of the literature, and relationship between theory-building and hypothesis-testing. The common sources of invalidity in practice, non-experimental research types, Stevens' classification of scales, and estimation based on probabilistic sampling are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the role of computer in research, techniques for analysis of data, univariate and bivariate statistics, and assumptions underlying analysis of variance. Other topics include the canonical correlation analysis, non-parametric analysis of variance, deterministic problem analysis techniques, and common errors in presentation of findings. This publication is intended for novice investigators in the broad category of social and behavioral sciences.