The Research Imagination: An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

by Paul S. Gray, David A. Karp, John R. Dalphin, et al.

Book Overview

The idea that science is a blueprint for research, and imagination gives research its life and purpose inspired this comprehensive explanation of research methodology. The authors' decades of experience have revealed that research is a craft requiring judgment and creativity, not simply memorization and application of the rules of science. This book covers a wide variety of data-collection techniques, but presents them as reinforcing, rather than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052170555X
• ISBN13: 9780521705554
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.0"