An Applied Guide to Research Designs
Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods
- W. Alex Edmonds - Nova Southeastern University, USA
- Thomas D. Kennedy - Nova Southeastern University, USA
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Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
- Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course.
- Sample course syllabi for semester and quarter courses provide suggested models for use when creating the syllabi for your courses.
- Chapter-specific discussion questions help launch classroom interaction by prompting students to engage with the material and by reinforcing important content.
- Assignments direct both instructors and students to useful and current web sites, along with creative activities to extend and reinforce learning or allow for further research on important chapter topics.
- Recommended readings and Journal Articles provide a jumping-off point for course assignments, papers, research, group work, and class discussion.
- Data Sets accompany exercises in the book.
The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:
- Chapter-specific discussion questions help launch classroom interaction by prompting students to engage with the material and by reinforcing important content.
- Assignments direct both instructors and students to useful and current web sites, along with creative activities to extend and reinforce learning or allow for further research on important chapter topics.
- Recommended readings and Journal Articles provide a jumping-off point for course assignments, papers, research, group work, and class discussion.
- Data Sets accompany exercises in the book.
“This text is intellectually stimulating and challenges students to take a comprehensive approach to their understanding of research designs and concepts. I appreciate the high expectations that the authors have for their readers to fully understand the nature and depth of the research process.”
“I find this text to be especially clear in its approach, while the use of examples and sample exercises would be highly effective for practical, in-class learning. Additionally, the text would be an excellent resource as students put together their research designs, and it would likely work well alongside a more theoretical companion text.”
“The research study examples provided in connection to each research design reflect an additional strength to this text. What I like about this text is that it contains a comprehensive view of designs, without bias regarding one paradigm being better than the other.”
“This is a very useful, practical, and well-devised textbook.”
This book was well suited for the course. However, I did not receive the review copy in sufficient time to adopt. I will adopt this book in the spring or summer of 2017 if the class if the class is offered.
