Descripciones mejoradas de Syndetics:

* Each of the 53 cases presents a practical problem faced by a researcher and the solution he or she selected.

*The questions encourage students to evaluate the researcher's solution and consider alternatives.

*All cases are drawn from the published literature. Your students will evaluate real problems faced by practicing researchers.

*All major topics in research methods are covered. Here are samples from the seven major sections of the book: *Sampling: Sampling Hispanic Adults by Telephone
*Measurement: Social Desirability
*Operational Definitions: Defining "Physical Abuse" of Children
*Procedures: Controlling the Distribution of a Questionnaire
*Experimental and Causal-Comparative Design: Forming Comparison
*Groups in Classroom Research on Reading
*Ethical Considerations: Prescreening Adolescents for Stress
*Interpretation of Results: Health Risk Behaviors of Adolescents

*The extensive instructor's guide provides discussion points as well as samples of students' answers obtained in the field tests.

*This supplementary book makes dry textbook principles come alive! Students learn that research is a dynamic process--that for many problems there are competing solutions, each with its own advantages and drawbacks.

*The 35 short cases are ideal for classroom discussions. The 18 longer ones make great homework assignments.