Online research essentials : implementing and designing research studies

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Author:

Russell, Brenda, 1962-

ISBN:

9780470185681

Personal Author:

Russell, Brenda, 1962-

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Physical Description:

xxx, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. Understanding the Basics of Research -- 2. Ethical Considerations for Using the Internet for Research -- 3. Getting to Know Microsoft Expression -- 4. Planning Your Research Study -- 5. Creating a Simple Survey on the Internet -- 6. Introduction to Survey Development: Easy Steps to Creating an Online Survey -- 7. Using Styles, Style Sheets, and Graphics -- 8. Creating More Complicated Internet Surveys -- 9. Sampling Procedures -- 10. Developing Experimental Designs -- 11. Introduction to Web Programming -- 12. Repeated Measures and Matched Groups Designs -- 13. Advanced Javascript Programming -- 14. Advanced Javascript Programming II -- 15. General Tips on Downloading and Analyzing Your Data Using Statistics -- Appendix. Using Photoshop to Create Buttons and Banners.

Subject Term:

Research -- Methodology.

Internet.

Web sites -- Design.

Research -- Data processing.

Added Author:

Purcell, John, 1951-

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Online Research Essentials

Designing and Implementing Research Studies

Online Research Essentials

Written by experts in the field, Online Research Essentials provides step-b-step guidance to the student or new practitioner in how to create, test, and deploy online survey research. The book includes everything needed for planning and developing a survey, putting it online, and formatting data for further analysis.

Russell and Purcell provide support for using the popular Microsoft Expression Web and Adobe Dreamweaver web page authoring tools and for using the Access database that is used to collect and store survey results. Online Research Essentials is a comprehensive resource that discusses the practical aspects of survey development and applied research and offers information on a wide range of research-related topics that include:

Scientific method and research design Ethical considerations on using the Internet for research Creating web pages Planning the research study Creating a simple survey on the Internet Developing an e-survey Creating more complicated Internet surveys Sampling procedures Developing experimental designs JavaScript and web programming and advanced JavaScript programming Repeated measures and matched group designs