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Research Methods

TWU Libraries Reference Guides to Theses and Dissertations


Introduction to Theses and Dissertations
Bibliographies of Theses and Dissertations

General Research Guides

  • ASAP: A Student Assignment Planner
    Richland College Library Assignment Calculator
  • Assignment Calculator: You can beat the clock!
    University of Minnesota Assignment Calculator
  • Research Design Explained
    Overview of Jolly and Mitchell's 6th edition of Research Design Explained includes links to a Student Companion Site and an Instructor Book Companion Site.
  • Research Methods Knowledge Base
    A comprehensive web-based textbook by William M. Trochim, Cornell University, covering the entire research process as it would be covered in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods.
  • Research Methods Tutorials
    Tutorial Web projects put together by the students in Program Evaluation and Planning at Cornell University. Each of these projects teaches a specific research methods topic that the student selected. Students were instructed to write these tutorials for undergraduate or graduate student audiences that are new to social research methods.
  • Russell Turpin's "Characterization of Quack Theories"
    Article with comments by Eric Pepke and Ken Arromdee.

Ethics

Evaluating Web Sites

Plagiarism


Scholarly or Popular?


Legal Research



Nursing Research



Psychological Research


  • Methods in Behavioral Research
    Web site for Paul C. Cozby's Methods in Behavioral Research, a text for research methods courses in psychology and other behavioral sciences published by Mayfield Publishing Company. For each of the book chapters, web resources are identified to enhance learning about and teaching research methods.
    • Covers links for research ethics, research writing, and research methods. Maintained by Dr. Douglas Degelman, Professor of Psychology at Vanguard University of Southern California.

Qualitative Research

  • Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet
    Maintained by Ron Chenail, The Office for Academic Affairs, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
  • QualPage
    Resources for qualitative researchers. Maintained by Judy Norris, Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Alberta.

Statistical Research
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