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� Each of the 53 cases presents a practical problem faced by a researcher and the solution he or she selected. �The questions encourage students to evaluate the researcher�s solution and consider alternatives. �All cases are drawn from the published literature. Your students will evaluate real problems faced by practicing researchers. �All major topics in research methods are covered. Here are samples from the seven major sections of the book: �Sampling: Sampling Hispanic Adults by Telephone �Measurement: Social Desirability �Operational Definitions: Defining �Physical Abuse� of Children �Procedures: Controlling the Distribution of a Questionnaire �Experimental and Causal-Comparative Design: Forming Comparison �Groups in Classroom Research on Reading �Ethical Considerations: Prescreening Adolescents for Stress �Interpretation of Results: Health Risk Behaviors of Adolescents �The extensive instructor�s guide provides discussion points as well as samples of students� answers obtained in the field tests. �This supplementary book makes dry textbook principles come alive! Students learn that research is a dynamic process�that for many problems there are competing solutions, each with its own advantages and drawbacks. �The 35 short cases are ideal for classroom discussions. The 18 longer ones make great homework assignments.Typham this is the title: Practical Problems in Research Methods A Casebook with Questions for Discussion 1st Edition