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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Writing empirical research reports</title>
    <subTitle>a basic guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Pyrczak, Fred.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Bruce, Randall R.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Pyrczak Pub.</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2005</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2005</dateIssued>
    <edition>5th ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>vi, 162 p. ill. 28 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>1. Structuring a research report -- 2. Writing simple research hypotheses -- 3. A closer look at hypotheses -- 4. Writing research purposes, objectives, and questions -- 5. Writing titles -- 6. Writing introductions and literature reviews -- 7. Writing definitions -- 8. Writing assumptions, limitations, and delimitations -- 9. Writing method sections -- 10. Writing analysis and results sections -- 11. Writing discussion sections -- 12. Writing abstracts -- 13. A closer look at writing reports of qualitative research -- 14. Preparing a reference list -- References -- Appendix A. Checklist of guidelines -- Appendix B. Thinking straight and writing that way -- Appendix C. The null hypothesis and significance testing.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Fred Pyrczak, Randall R. Bruce.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references.</note>
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    <topic>Report writing</topic>
    <topic>Handbooks, manuals, etc</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Psychology</topic>
    <topic>Authorship</topic>
    <topic>Handbooks, manuals, etc</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Social sciences</topic>
    <topic>Authorship</topic>
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