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• Acknowledgments
• About the Website
• Chapter 1 Introduction: Start Your Research Journey
• What Is Research?
• What Type of Research Project Do You Have?
• What Are the Procedures for Scientific Research?
• Will There Be Bends and Detours in the Research Process?
• How to Embark on Your Research Journey
• How Will This Book Help You?
• How Is This Book Organized?
• Chapter 2 Topic Selection: Getting Started
• Where Can You Start to Find a Good Topic?
• How Can You Narrow Down Your Topic?
• What Topic Is Appropriate for Your Research?
• How Do You Know the Topic You Selected Is a “Good Topic”?
• Can You Change Your Topic?
• Exercises for Chapter 2
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 2
• Chapter 3 Searching for Information
• What Is Valid and Reliable Information?
• What Do You Need to Prepare Before Searching for Information?
• Should You Search in Libraries or on the Internet?
• What Different Sources Are Available?
• How Do You Go about Doing Library Research?
• How Do You Conduct a Search Using Journal Article Databases?
• How Do You Keep Organized Records of the Information Found?
• How Do You Use the Information You Found?
• Exercises for Chapter 3
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 3
• Chapter 4 Reviewing the Literature
• What Is a Literature Review?
• Why Do You Need a Literature Review?
• What Does the Literature Review Entail?
• How to Sort Your Literature
• How Do You Read Your Literature and Take Notes?
• How Do You Evaluate and Synthesize Your Reviewed Literature?
• How Do You Write Your Literature Review?
• Exercises for Chapter 4
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 4
• Chapter 5 Research Questions and Methods
• What Are Your Research Questions?
• What Are the Goals of Your Research?
• What Method Should You Use in Your Research?
• How Do You Use Theory in Your Research?
• Are Ethical Matters Important in Your Research?
• What Ethical Issues Should You Pay Attention To?
• Exercises for Chapter 5
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 5
• Chapter 6 Steps of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Designs
• What Are Your Independent and Dependent Variables?
• How Do You Select a Sample to Study from Your Target Population?
• What Is an Acceptable Sample Size for Surveys?
• How Do You Turn Your Concepts into Variables in Surveys?
• What Are Levels of Measurement and Why Do They Matter?
• What Do You Need to Know about Qualitative Research Designs?
• How Do You Construct Your Interview Questions?
• How Do You Select People for Interviews?
• What Should You Do to Have Productive Interviews?
• What Other Qualitative Data Collection Methods Can You Consider?
• Exercises for Chapter 6
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 6
• Chapter 7 Writing a Research Proposal
• What Should You Include in Your Research Proposal?
• Do You Need a Title for Your Proposal?
• What Should You Write in Your Introduction?
• What Should You Write in Your Literature Reviews?
• What Should You Write about Your Research Methods?
• What Else Do You Include in Your Proposal?
• What Format Should You Use to List the References?
• What Writing Styles Are Appropriate for Research Proposals?
• Incorporating Feedback from Faculty Supervisors
• Exercises for Chapter 7
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 7
• Chapter 8 Practical Issues While Carrying Out Research
• Do You Have to Get Your Research Project Approved by Your University?
• How Can You Carry Out Your Data Collection Effectively?
• What Are Common Practical Problems in Qualitative Research?
• What Ethical Dilemmas Will You Encounter in the Field Research Process?
• What Should You Do When You Face Ethical Dilemmas?
• What Problems Are Common in Questionnaire Surveys?
• How Can You Conduct Your Questionnaire Surveys Effectively?
• Maintaining Good Communications with Your Supervisor
• How to Complete Your Research Project on Time
• Exercises for Chapter 8
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 8
• Chapter 9 Quantitative Data Analysis
• How Do You Start Entering Data From Your Survey or Interview Questionnaire?
• Why Do You Need to Know the Levels of Your Measurement?
• What Computer Data Analysis Procedure Should You Use for Your Research?
• To Provide Descriptive Information about Your Respondents, Use Frequency, or Descriptive Analysis
• To Determine If Two Variables Are Related to Each Other, Use Cross Tabulations and Chi-square Analysis
• To Calculate Correlations between Two Variables That Are Measured at Interval or Ratio Level, Use Pearson’s r
• To Know Whether an Independent Variable Predicts or Explains an Effect on a Dependent Variable, Use Regression Analysis
• To Predict or Explain the Effects of Several Independent Variables on a Dependent Variable, Use Multiple Regression Analysis
• To Test If Two Means Are Significantly Different, Use the t-test
• To Determine Whether More Than Two Means Are Significantly Different, Use Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
• Exercises for Chapter 9
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 9
• Notes
• Chapter 10 Qualitative Data Analysis
• What Is the Purpose of Qualitative Data Analysis?
• Do You Need to Transcribe All Your Interviews?
• Where Do You Start?
• What Is the Process of Inductive Analysis? Steps of Grounded Theory
• What Is the Process of Deductive Coding in Content Analysis?
• What Tools Can You Use to Organize and Summarize Codes?
• How Do You Write about Findings from a Qualitative Analysis?
• Exercises for Chapter 10
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 10
• Chapter 11 Writing the Final Report
• What Should You Include in Your Final Report?
• How Is Your Final Report Different from Your Proposal?
• What Should You Consider Before You Start Writing Your Final Report?
• Title of Your Final Report or Thesis
• An Abstract of Your Final Report
• Introduction
• Literature Reviews
• Research Methods
• Findings
• Discussions
• Conclusions
• References
• How to Write a Report for Qualitative Research
• Papers Based on Qualitative Field Research
• Historical Research
• Comparative Research
• A Final Check
• Exercises for Chapter 11
• Your Project Outcome after Chapter 11
• Index
• EULA