Composition Research: Empirical Designs

by Janice M. Lauer and J. William Asher

Book Overview

Intended for writing instructors at all levels who lack the training to deal effectively with the increasingly important role played by empirical research in their field, Composition Research explains ten of the most common empirical designs used in the social sciences. These include: case study, ethnography, sampling/survey, quantitative descriptive research, prediction and classification studies, true and quasi-experiments, meta-analysis, and program...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195041720
• ISBN13: 9780195041729
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"