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    <title>Writing empirical research reports</title>
    <subTitle>a basic guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Bruce, Randall R.</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2014</dateIssued>
    <edition>Eighth edition</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>162 pages : illustrations;</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Structuring a research report -- Writing simple research hypotheses -- A closer look at hypotheses -- Writing research objectives and questions -- Writing titles -- Writing introductions and literature reviews -- Writing definitions -- Writing assumptions, limitations, and delimitations -- Writing method sections -- Describing experimental methods -- Writing analysis and results sections -- Writing discussion sections -- Writing abstracts -- A closer look at writing reports of qualitative research -- Preparing references lists -- References -- Appendix A. Checklist of guidelines -- Appendix B. Thinking straight and writing that way -- Appendix C. The null hypothesis and significance testing.</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Fred Pyrczak; editor: Randall R. Bruce</note>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9781936523368 </identifier>
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