The Research Methods Knowledge Base

by William M.K. Trochim, James P. Donnelly

Thoroughly updated, the third edition of The Research Methods Knowledge Base provides coverage of quantitative methods and enhanced coverage of qualitative methods. It can be used in a variety of disciplines and is ideal for an introductory comprehensive undergraduate or graduate level course. Through its conversational, informal style it makes material that is often challenging for students both accessible and understandable. The Research Methods Knowledge Base, 3e covers everything from the development of a research question to the writing of a final report, describing both practical and technical issues of sampling, measurement, design and analysis.

394 pages, Paperback

First published December 18, 2006

Reviews

[Elsbeth Magilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insanely helpful text for research design!

[Annee · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF — read for an Intro to Quant class. This book is pretty dated, yet this was the edition assigned for the course — which of course is no fault of the book. Regardless, I found this book to have a lot of unnecessary information and rambling in it. The writing is really poor and confusing. The author spends several pages explaining a concept, only to tell you that that particular concept or method is now obsolete and something else is used instead. The replacement method only gets about a paragraph of text. I *hope* there are better textbooks out there and if you are reading this you should probably be looking for one of those.