The sixth edition of Research Methods: A Process of Inquiry is another significant step in the evolution of a curriculum that now includes the most extensive and best-integrated website in its field. The authors have refined the concepts and tools in this curriculum over years of teaching research methods, supervising student research, conducting and reporting on our own research, writing other textbooks, and continuously revising earlier editions of this one. The textbook is the anchor for this package. It provides all the necessary content for a research methods course, with supportive elements to aid students’ learning. The full curriculum accompanying this sixth edition includes a thoroughly integrated Student Resource Website and an optional statistical analysis CD (SPSS for Windows). Both will be described later in this preface.
1. Curiosity, Creativity, and Commitment
2. Research Is a Process of Inquiry
3. The Starting Point: Asking Questions
4. Data and the Nature of Measurement
5. Statistical Analysis of Data
6. Field Research: Naturalistic and Case-Study Research
7. Correlational and Differential Methods of Research
8. Hypothesis Testing, Validity, and Threats to Validity
9. Controls to Reduce Threats to Validity
10. Single-Variable, Independent-Groups Designs
Etc.