1st Edition

Conducting a Survey Techniques for a Term Project

By Lawrence Orcher Copyright 2007
140 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

• The detailed step-by-step directions make it ideal for use by students who are conducting their first research project. • The large number of examples throughout the text makes the steps in conducting a survey clear and easy to follow. • Covers only methods that are realistic for use by students who are conducting a survey within a single semester. • For data analysis, the emphasis is... Read more

Chapter 1 A Survey As a Term Project

Chapter 2 Identifying a Topic for a Survey

Chapter 3 Formulating Research Purposes

Chapter 4 Locating Related Literature

Chapter 5 Writing a Literature Review

Chapter 6 Selecting a Sample

Chapter 7 Identifying Existing Instruments

Chapter 8 Constructing Instruments

Chapter 9 Measuring Demographics

Chapter 10 Administering Instruments

Chapter 11 Analysis: Percentages

Chapter 12 Analysis: Averages and Measures of Variability

Chapter 13 Analysis: Correlation

Chapter 14 Writing a Survey Research Report

Appendix A Preparing a Research Proposal

Appendix B An Overview of Reliability and Validity

Appendix C Introduction to Statistical Significance

Appendix D Free Internet Programs to Calculate Statistics

Biography

Lawrence Orcher