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020 _a9781452217352 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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050 0 0 _aP91.3
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100 1 _aTreadwell, Donald.
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245 1 0 _aIntroducing communication research
_bpaths of inquiry
_cDonald Treadwell.
250 _aSecond edition.
260 _aThousand Oaks, California
_bSAGE Publications
_c2014.
263 _a1301
300 _axxii, 305 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 26 centimeters.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aGetting started : possibilities and decisions -- First decisions : what, why, how? -- Ethics : what are my responsibilities as a researcher? -- Reading research : to boldly go where others have gone before -- Measurement : research using numbers -- Summarizing research results : data reduction and descriptive statistics -- Generalizing from research results : inferential statistics -- Sampling : who, what, and how many? -- Surveys : putting numbers on opinions -- Experiments : researching cause and effect -- Watching and listening : qualitative research for in-depth understanding -- Content analysis : understanding text and image in numbers -- Rhetorical and critical analyses : understanding text and image in words -- Writing and presenting research
650 0 _aCommunication
_xResearch
_xMethodology.
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