Conducting a survey
Subtitle: techniques for a term project
By: Lawrence T. Orcher.
Publisher: Pyrczak Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Glendale, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781884585722
Subjects: Sampling (Statistics); Social surveys.; Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
Description: Step-by-step instructions on how to conduct a survey. Designed for students conducting their first survey as a term project.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: A survey as a term project; value: Identifying a topic for a survey; value: Formulating research purposes; value: Locating related literature; value: Writing a literature review; value: Selecting a sample; value: Identifying existing instruments; value: Constructing instruments; value: Measuring demographics; value: Administering instruments; value: Analysis: percentages; value: Analysis: Averages and measures of variability; value: Analysis: correlation; value: Writing a survey research report; value: App. A. Preparing a research proposal; value: App. B. An overview of reliability and validity; value: App. C. Introduction to statistical significance; value: App. D. Free Internet programs to calculate statistics.