Writing up Quantitative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences /
Fallon, Marianne,author.
The Teaching Writing series publishes user-friendly writing guides penned by authors with publishing records in their subject matter. Infused with multidisciplinary examples, humor, and a healthy dose of irreverence, Fallon helps emerging researchers successfully navigate the intellectual and emotional challenges of writing quantitative research reports. After reinforcing foundations in methodology, statistics, and writing in the first section of the book, emerging researchers work through a series of questions to construct their research report. The final section contains sample papers generated by undergraduates illustrating three major forms of quantitative research—primary data collection, secondary data analysis, and content analysis. Writing up Quantitative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences is appropriate for research methods classes in communication, criminology or criminal justice, economics, education, political science, psychological science, social work, and sociology. Individual students and novice researchers can also read the book as a supplement to any course or research experience that requires writing up quantitative data.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Teaching Writing series publishes user-friendly writing guides penned by authors with publishing records in their subject matter. Infused with multidisciplinary examples, humor, and a healthy dose of irreverence, Fallon helps emerging researchers successfully navigate the intellectual and emotional challenges of writing quantitative research reports. After reinforcing foundations in methodology, statistics, and writing in the first section of the book, emerging researchers work through a series of questions to construct their research report. The final section contains sample papers generated by undergraduates illustrating three major forms of quantitative research—primary data collection, secondary data analysis, and content analysis. Writing up Quantitative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences is appropriate for research methods classes in communication, criminology or criminal justice, economics, education, political science, psychological science, social work, and sociology. Individual students and novice researchers can also read the book as a supplement to any course or research experience that requires writing up quantitative data.
Preliminary Material -- Foundations for Writing Quantitative Research Reports in the Social and Behavioral Sciences -- Methodological Elements of Quantitative Research -- Statistical Elements of Quantitative Research -- Successfully Writing about Quantitative Research (or Anything) -- Writing a Quantitative Research Report -- What Question Did You Ask? -- What Did You Do? -- What Did You Find? -- What Does It All Mean? -- Odds and Ends -- Examples of Quantitative Research Reports -- Content Analysis -- Secondary Analysis of Archival Data -- Primary Data Collection -- Journey’s End… or Is It? -- References -- About the Author.
Social sciences
Social sciences
Psychology
Psychology
Quantitative research.
Report writing.