Understanding Research Methods: An Overview of the Essentials (Paperback)

In the eleventh edition of Understanding Research Methods: An Overview of the Essentials, Newhart and Patten leverage the principles of learning and content design to present the fundamentals students need to get started in research. Basics of quantitative and qualitative research are covered in short, independent topics and grouped into meaningful sections.

A perennial bestseller for over ten editions, Understanding Research Methods focuses concisely on key concepts, and lessons in topics that are "chunked" to suit today's students. Each topic ends with suggestions for planning a research project by answering topic-specific prompts in a research planning journal. Topic Review exercises encourage active learning. Finally, Topics for Discussion suggest open-ended prompts that could serve as conversation starters in the classroom or online. The final Part of the book offers guidance and activities specific to writing a research report. This section can be used to support the development of project-based assignments for courses, or it can be used independently to support senior thesis projects, master's theses, dissertations, or articles for publication.

Instructors, will appreciate the organization of Understanding Research Methods because it allows a great deal of customization and choice in which topics to cover and in what order to cover them, making it suitable for methodological training in a variety of courses and fields of study. Online digital materials support course development.

New to this edition:

• Part introductions now include a part table of contents and list of keywords
• Newly expanded coverage of qualitative research
• New coverage on designing quantitative research
• Expanded material on sampling
• More simple graphs, charts, and illustrations emphasize and visualize Topic key points

在第十一版的《研究方法理解：基本概述》中，Newhart和Patten利用學習和內容設計原則，呈現學生在研究中所需的基礎知識。定量和定性研究的基礎知識以獨立的短篇主題呈現，並分組成有意義的部分。

作為十多個版本的常銷書，《研究方法理解》簡明扼要地關注關鍵概念和主題中的教訓，以適應當今學生的需求。每個主題結束時，都提供了在研究計劃日誌中回答特定主題提示的建議，以幫助計劃研究項目。主題回顧練習鼓勵積極學習。最後，討論主題提供了開放式提示，可作為課堂或線上討論的起點。書的最後一部分提供了撰寫研究報告的指導和活動。這一部分可用於支持課程中基於項目的任務的開發，或者可獨立用於支持高年級論文項目、碩士論文、博士論文或發表文章。

教師們將欣賞《研究方法理解》的組織方式，因為它允許在不同課程和研究領域中自由選擇和定制要涵蓋的主題和順序。線上數字資料支持課程開發。

本版新增內容：

- 部分介紹現在包括部分目錄和關鍵詞列表
- 新增對定性研究的擴展涵蓋
- 新增對設計定量研究的涵蓋
- 擴展了抽樣的內容
- 更多簡單的圖表和插圖強調和可視化主題的關鍵點

Michelle Newhart works as an expert course designer and applied researcher in her role as an instructional designer at a large two-year college in southern California. An award-winning writer in medical sociology, Dr. Newhart has contributed to more than a dozen nonfiction books, chapters, and articles. She also teaches sociology part-time at multiple colleges in southern California.

Michelle Newhart在南加州一所大型二年制學院擔任教學設計師，是一位專業的課程設計師和應用研究員。作為醫學社會學的獲獎作家，Newhart博士已經為十多本非小說書籍、章節和文章做出了貢獻。她還在南加州的多所學院兼職教授社會學。