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Table of Contents Research Design................................................................... 2 Introduction to Research Methods ........................................ 3 Research – General Interest .................................................. 5 Combined Research Methods & Statistics ............................ 9 Community Research............................................................ 9 Policy Research .................................................................. 10 Interdisciplinary Studies & Research .................................. 10 Introduction to Statistics ..................................................... 11 Statistics – General Interest ................................................ 15 Statistical Software – SPSS® .............................................. 18 Statistical Software – Excel ................................................. 19 Statistical Software – R ....................................................... 19 Statistical Software – Other ................................................ 20 Intermediate / Advanced Statistics ..................................... 21 Advanced Statistics – Specifi c Topics .................................. 22 Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences (QASS) / The Little Green Books......................................... 24 Quantitative Data Analysis .................................................. 26 Tests & Measurement ......................................................... 26 Evaluating & Understanding Research ................................ 27 Meta-Analysis ..................................................................... 27 Introduction to Qualitative Methods .................................... 28 Indigenous Research .......................................................... 31 Qualitative Research – General Interest .............................. 31 Qualitative Tools & Software ............................................... 35 Qualitative Data Collection & Analysis ................................ 36 Action Research ................................................................. 37 Case Study Research .......................................................... 38 Ethnography ....................................................................... 39 Focus Groups ..................................................................... 40 Grounded Theory ................................................................ 41 Interviewing ........................................................................ 42 Narrative Methods .............................................................. 43 Survey Research Methods .................................................. 43 Visual Methods ................................................................... 45 Mixed Methods Research ................................................... 45 Geographical Research ....................................................... 48 Social Network Analysis ...................................................... 49 Feminist Research .............................................................. 50 Health Research Methods .................................................. 50 Health Statistics ................................................................. 51 Evaluation........................................................................... 52 Resources: Dissertation & Thesis Guides ............................ 57 Resources: Funding / Grants / Proposals ........................... 58 Resources: General Interest ................................................ 59 Resources: Literature Reviews............................................. 60 Resources: Writing Guides .................................................. 60 Index .................................................................................. 62 EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS IBM ® SPSS ® : Titles displaying this symbol are available bundled with IBM ® SPSS ® Statistics Base Integrated Student Edition. 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