| 5th
Ed'n |
Title |
6th
Ed'n |
| Topic |
|
Topic |
| PART A |
Introduction to
Research Methods |
PART A |
| 1 |
Introduction to
empirical research |
1 |
| 2 |
Experimental vs.
non-experimental studies |
2 |
| 3 |
Experimental vs.
causal comparative studies |
3 |
| 4 |
Types of
non-experimental research |
4 |
| 5 |
Variables in
non-experimental studies |
5 |
| 6 |
Variables in
experimental studies |
6 |
| 7 |
Research
hypotheses, purposes, and questions |
7 |
| 8 |
Operational
definitions of variables |
8 |
| 9 |
Quantitative vs.
Qualitative research: I |
9 |
| 10 |
Quantitative vs.
Qualitative research: II |
10 |
| 11 |
Program evaluation |
11 |
| 12 |
Ethical
considerations in research |
12 |
| 13 |
The role of theory
in research |
13 |
| PART B |
Reviewing
Literature |
PART B |
| 14 |
Reasons for
reviewing literature |
14 |
| 15 |
Locating literature
electronically |
15 |
| 16 |
Organizing a
literature review |
16 |
| 17 |
Writing a
literature review
|
|
|
Preparing to write a critical
review |
17 |
|
Creating a synthesis
|
18 |
| 18 |
Citing references
|
19 |
| PART C |
Reviewing
Literature |
PART C |
| 19 |
Biased and unbiased
sampling |
20 |
| 20 |
Simple random and
systematic sampling |
21 |
| 21 |
Stratified random
sampling |
22 |
| 22 |
Other methods of
sampling |
23 |
|
Sampling and demographics |
24 |
| 23 |
Introduction to
sample size |
25 |
| 24 |
A closer look at
sample size |
26 |
| PART D |
Measurement |
PART D |
| 25 |
Introduction to
validity |
27 |
| 26 |
Judgemental
validity |
28 |
| 27 |
Empirical validity |
29 |
| 28 |
Judgemental-Empirical
validity |
30 |
| 29 |
Reliability and its
relationship to validity |
31 |
| 30 |
Measures of
reliability |
32 |
|
Internal consistency and
reliability |
33 |
| 31 |
Norm- and
criterion-referenced tests |
34 |
| 32 |
Measures of optimum
performance |
35 |
| 33 |
Measures of typical
performance |
36 |
| PART E |
Experimental
Design |
PART E |
| 34 |
True experimental
designs |
37 |
| 35 |
Threats to internal
validity |
38 |
| 36 |
Threats to external
validity |
39 |
| 37 |
Pre-experimental
designs |
40 |
| 38 |
Quasi-experimental
designs |
41 |
|
Confounding in experiments |
42 |
| PART F |
Understanding
Statistics |
PART F |
| 39 |
Descriptive and
inferential statistics |
43 |
| 40 |
Introduction to the
null hypothesis |
44 |
| 41 |
Scales of
measurement |
45 |
| 42 |
Descriptions of
nominal data |
46 |
| 43 |
Introduction to the
Chi Square test |
47 |
| 44 |
A closer look at
the Chi Square test |
48 |
| 45 |
Shapes of
distributions |
49 |
| 46 |
The mean, median,
and mode |
50 |
| 47 |
The mean and
standard deviation |
51 |
| 48 |
The median and
interquartile range |
52 |
| 49 |
The Pearson
correlation coefficient |
53 |
| 50 |
The t-test |
54 |
| 51 |
One-way analysis of
variance |
55 |
| 52 |
Two-way analysis of
variance |
56 |
| 53 |
Practical
significance of results |
57 |
| PART G |
Effect Size and
Meta-analysis |
PART G |
| 54 |
Introduction to
effect size (d) |
58 |
| 55 |
Interpretations of
effect size (d) |
59 |
| 56 |
Effect size and
correlations (r) |
60 |
| 57 |
Introduction to
Meta-analyses |
61 |
| 58 |
Meta-analysis and
effect size |
62 |
| 59 |
Meta-analysis:
Strengths and weaknesses |
63 |
| PART H |
Qualitative
Research |
PART H |
| 60 |
Sampling in
qualitative research: I |
64 |
| 61 |
Sampling in
qualitative research: II |
65 |
| 62 |
Measurement in
qualitative research: I |
66 |
| 63 |
Measurement in
qualitative research: II |
67 |
| 64 |
Quality control in
qualitative research |
68 |
| 65 |
Grounded theory for
data analysis |
69 |
| 66 |
Consensual
qualitative research: Analysis |
70 |
