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Introducing communication research : paths of inquiry / Donald Treadwell.

By: Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2014.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxii, 305 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781452217352 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
  • 1452217351 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.2072 23 TRE
Contents:
Getting started : possibilities and decisions -- First decisions : what, why, how? -- Ethics : what are my responsibilities as a researcher? -- Reading research : to boldly go where others have gone before -- Measurement : research using numbers -- Summarizing research results : data reduction and descriptive statistics -- Generalizing from research results : inferential statistics -- Sampling : who, what, and how many? -- Surveys : putting numbers on opinions -- Experiments : researching cause and effect -- Watching and listening : qualitative research for in-depth understanding -- Content analysis : understanding text and image in numbers -- Rhetorical and critical analyses : understanding text and image in words -- Writing and presenting research
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Contents
Chapter 1. Getting started : possibilities and decisions
Chapter 2. First decisions : what, why, how?
Chapter 3. Ethics : what are my responsibilities as a researcher?
Chapter 4. Reading research : to boldly go where others have gone before
Chapter 5. Measurement : research using numbers
Chapter 6. Summarizing research results : data reduction and descriptive statistics
Chapter 7. Generalizing from research results : inferential statistics
Chapter 8. Sampling : who, what, and how many?
Chapter 9. Surveys : putting numbers on opinions
Chapter 10. Experiments : researching cause and effect
Chapter 11. Watching and listening : qualitative research for in-depth understanding
Chapter 12. Content analysis : understanding text and image in numbers
Chapter 13. Rhetorical and critical analyses : understanding text and image in words
Chapter 14. Writing and presenting research

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Getting started : possibilities and decisions -- First decisions : what, why, how? -- Ethics : what are my responsibilities as a researcher? -- Reading research : to boldly go where others have gone before -- Measurement : research using numbers -- Summarizing research results : data reduction and descriptive statistics -- Generalizing from research results : inferential statistics -- Sampling : who, what, and how many? -- Surveys : putting numbers on opinions -- Experiments : researching cause and effect -- Watching and listening : qualitative research for in-depth understanding -- Content analysis : understanding text and image in numbers -- Rhetorical and critical analyses : understanding text and image in words -- Writing and presenting research

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