Research Methodologies for MSA 600 (ADMINISTRATIVE RESEARCH AND REPORT METHODS) and MSA 685(INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADMINISTRATION)
Business plan/Feasibility Study
Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
Hypothesis testing
Operations research
Policy analysis
Program design and evaluation
Qualitative Research Methods
Quantitative Research Methods
Statistics/Sampling
Style Manuals
Survey research
BUSINESS PLAN/FEASIBILITY STUDY
Awe, S. C. (2006). The entrepreneur's information sourcebook: Charting the path to small business success. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
Bangs, D. H. (2002). The business planning guide: Creating a winning plan for success (9th ed.). Chicago: Dearborn Trade.
Brown, R. & Gutterman, A. S. (2003). A short course in international business plans: Charting a strategy for success in global commerce. Novato, CA: World Trade Press.
Burton, E. J. (1999). Total business planning: A step-by-step guide with forms (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley.
Dugan, A. (Ed.). (1998). Franchising 101: The complete guide to evaluating, buying and growing your franchise business. Chicago: Upstart Publishing.
Eglash, J. (2001). How to write a .com business plan: The Internet entrepreneur's guide to everything you need to know about business plans and financing options . New York: McGraw-Hill.
Friend, G., & Zehle, S. (2004). Guide to business planning. London: Proflle.
Gorman, R. T. (1999). Online business planning: How to create a better business plan using the Internet, including a complete, up-to-date resource guide. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press.
Gumpert, D. E. (2002). Burn your business plan!: What investors really want from entrepreneurs. Needham, MA: Lauson Publishing.
Harper, S. C. (2003). The McGraw-Hill guide to starting your own business: A step-by-step blueprint for the first-time entrepreneur (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Lasher, W. R., (2005). The perfect business plan made simple. New York: Broadway Books.
McGuckin, F. (2005). Business for beginners: From research and business plans to money, marketing and the law. Naperville, ILL: Sourcebooks, Inc.
McKeever, M. P. (1999). How to write a business plan (5th ed.). Berkeley, CA: Nolo.com.
Mullins, J. W. (2003). The new business road test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan. London: Financial Times Prentice Hall.
Novim, M. L. (2007). The fundraising feasibility study: It's not about the money. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Paley, N. (2004). Successful business planning: Energizing your company's potential. London:Thorogood.
Pinson, L. (2005). Anatomy of a business plan: A step-by-step guide to building a business and securing your company's future (6th ed.). Chicago: Dearborn Trade.
Reilly, M. D., & Millikin, N. L. (1996). Starting a small business: The feasibility analysis. Bozeman, MT: College of Business, Montana State University-Bozeman. Retrieved February 8, 2008, from http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt9510.pdf
Rogers, S. P., & Makonnen, R. (2003). The entrepreneur's guide to finance and business: Wealth creation techniques for growing a business. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Rogoff, E. G. (2004). Bankable business plans . New York: Thomson/Texere.
Stutely, R. (2002). The definitive business plan: The fast-track to intelligent business planning for executives and entrepreneurs (2nd ed.). London: Financial Times Prentice Hall.
Timmons, J. A., Sinelli, S., & Zacharakis, A. (2004). Business plans that work: A guide for small business. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Townsley, M. (2003). Small business: Essentials for the successful professional. Mason: OH: Thomson.
University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. (1998). Conducting a feasibility study. In Cooperatives: A tool for community economic development (chap. 5). Retrieved February 8, 2008, from http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc/manual/chap_5.html
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COST-BENEFIT AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
Adler, M. D., & Posner, E. A. (2006). New foundations of cost-benefit analysis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Bickman, L., & Rog, D. J., (Eds.). (1998). Handbook of applied social research methods. Thousand Oaks. CA: Sage Publications.
Brent, R. J. (2006). Applied cost-benefit analysis (2nd ed). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Gold, M. R. (Ed.).(1996). Cost-effectiveness in health and medicine . New York: Oxford University Press.
Fuguitt, D., & Wilcox, S.J. (1999). Cost-benefit analysis for public sector decision makers. Westport, CT: Quorum.
Hargreaves, W. A. (1998). Cost-outcome methods for mental health. San Diego: Academic Press.
Kingma, B. R. (2001). The economics of information: A guide to economic and cost-benefit analysis for information professionals (2nd ed.). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
Layard, P. R. G., & Glaister, S. (1994). Cost-benefit analysis (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Muennig, P., & Khan, K. (2002). Designing and conducting cost-effectiveness analysis in medicine and health care. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Nas, T. F. (1996). Cost-benefit analysis: Theory and application. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Petitti, D. B. (2000). Meta-analysis, decision analysis, and cost-effectiveness analysis: Methods for quantitative synthesis in medicine (2 nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Remenyi, D. (2000). The effective measurement and management of IT costs and benefits (2 nd ed. ). Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Sloan, F. A., (Ed.). (1996). Valuing health care: Costs, benefits, and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals and other medical technologies. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Willan, A. R., & Briggs, A. H. (2006). Statistical analysis of cost-effectiveness data. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.
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HYPOTHESIS TESTING
Beaumont, G. P., & Knowles, J. D. (1996). Statistical tests: An introduction with Minitab commentary. New York: Prentice Hall.
Chow, S. L. (1996). Statistical significance: Rationale, validity and utility . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Dhaene, G. (1997). Encompassing: Formulation, properties and testing. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Holland, B. K. (1998). Probability without equations: Concepts for clinicians. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Kanji, G. K. (2006). 100 statistical tests (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Mielke, P. W., Jr., & Berry, K. J. (2001). Permutation methods: A distance function approach. New York: Springer.
Murphy, K. R., & Myers, B. (2004). Statistical power analysis: A simple and general model for traditional and modern hypothesis tests. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
Norusis, M. J. (2002). SPSS 11.0 guide to data analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Murphy, K. R., & Myors, B. (1998). Statistical power analysis: A simple and general model for traditional and modern hypothesis tests. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
Poletiek, F. (2001). Hypothesis-testing behaviour. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.
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OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Aronson, J. E., & Zionts, S. (Eds.). (1998). Operations research: Methods, models, and applications. Westport, CT: Quorum.
Beer, S. (1994). Decision and control: The meaning of operational research and management cybernetics. Chichester, NY: J. Wiley.
Beer, S. (1994). Designing freedom. Chichester, NY: Wiley.
Easterby-Smith, M, Thorpe, R., & Lowe, A. (2002). Management research: An introduction(2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
Gass, S. L., & Harris, C. M. (Eds.). (1996). Encyclopedia of operations research and management science. Boston: Kluwer Academic.
Hillier, F. S., & Lieberman, G. J. (1990). Introduction to operations research (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Suijs, J. (2000). Cooperative decision-making under risk. Theory and decision library, Series C, Game theory, mathematical programming, and operations research. Boston: Kluwer Academic.
Summers, M. R. (1998). Analyzing operations in business: Issues, tools, and techniques. Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
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POLICY ANALYSIS
Birkland, T. A. (2001). An introduction to the policy process: Theories, concepts, and models of public policy making. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe.
Clark, T. W. (2002). The policy process: A practical guide for natural resource professionals. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Colebatch, H. K. (1998). Policy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Johnson, V. E., & Albert, J. H. (1999). Ordinal data -modeling . New York: Springer.
Jones Finer, C., & Hundt, G. L. (2001). The business of research: Issues of policy and practice. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Levy, J. M. (1995). Essential microeconomics for public policy analysis. Westport, CT: Praeger.
MacRae, D., & Whittington, D. (1997). Expert advice for policy choice: Analysis and discourse. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.
Mark, M. M., Henry, G. T., & Julnes, G. (2000). Evaluation: An integrated framework for understanding, guiding, and improving policies and programs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Meier, K., & Gill, J. (2000). What works: A new approach to program and policy analysis. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Mitton, L., Sutherland, H., & Weeks, M. (Eds.). (2000). Microsimulation modeling for policy analysis: Challenges and innovations. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Morse, K, Struyk, R. J., Pinegina, M., Romanik, C, & Shapiro, M. (2006). Policy analysis for effective development. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Nagel, S. S., (Ed.). (1999). Policy analysis methods. Commack, NY: Nova Science.
Nagel, S. S. (1998). Public policy evaluation: Making super-optimum decisions. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate.
Oh, C. H. (1996). Linking social science information to policy-making. Greenwich, CT: Jai Press.
Parsons, D. W. (1995). Public policy: An introduction to the theory and practice of policy analysis. Brookfield, VT: Edward Elgar.
Peters, B. G., & Pierre, J. (2006). (Eds.). Handbook of public policy. London: SAGE.
Schneider, A. L., & Ingram, H. M. (1997). Policy design for democracy. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas.
Shaw, I. (2000). Evaluating public programmes: Context and issues. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.
Spencer, B. D., (Ed.). (1997). Statistics and public policy. New York: Oxford University Press.
Yanow, D. (2000). Conducting interpretive policy analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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PROGRAM DESIGN AND EVALUATION
Berk, R. A., & Rossi, P.H. (1999). Thinking about program evaluation (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Boulmetis, J., & Dutwin, P. (2000). The ABC's of evaluation: Timeless techniques for program and project managers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Crosby, R. A., DiClemente, R. J., & Salazar, L. F. (Eds.). (2006). Research methods in health promotion. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Downs, C. W., & Adrian, A. D. (2004). Assessing organizational communication: Strategic communication audits. New York: Guilford Press.
Emison, G. A. (2007). Practical program evaluations: Getting from ideas to outcomes. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Grembowski, D. (2001). The practice of health program evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Hodges, B. C., & Videto, D. M. (2005). Assessment and planning in health programs. Sudbury, VA: Jones and Bartlett.
Langbein, L. I., & Felbinger, C. L. (2006). Public program evaluation: A statistical guide. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
Mark, M. M., Henry, G. T., & Julnes, G. (2000). Evaluation: An integrated framework for understanding, guiding, and improving policies and programs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
McDavid, J. C., & Hawthorn, L. R. I. (2006). Program evaluation & performance measurement: An introduction to practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Pawson, R., & Tilley, N. (1997). Realistic evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Posavac, E. J., & Carey, R. G. (1997). Program evaluation: Methods and case studies (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Rossi, P. H., & Freeman, H. E. (1993). Evaluation: A systematic approach (5th ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Royse, D. D., & Thyer, B. A. (1996). Program evaluation: An introduction (2nd ed.). Chicago: Nelson-Hall.
Russ-Eft, D. E., & Preskill, H. (2001). Evaluation in organizations: A systematic approach to enhancing learning, performance, and change. Cambridge, MA: Perseus.
Sansone, C., Morf, C. M., & Panter, A. T. (Eds.). (2004). The Sage handbook of methods in social psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Timmreck, T. C. (2003). Planning, program development, and evaluation: A handbook for health promotion, aging, and health services (2 nd ed.) . Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Yuen, F. K. O., & Terao, K. L. (2003). Practical grant writing and program evaluation. Pacific Grove, CA: Thomson/Brooks/Cole.
Wurzbach, M. E. (2002). Community health education and promotion: A guide to program design and evaluation (2 nd ed.). Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers.
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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
Atkinson, P., Coffey, A., & Delamont, S. (2003). Key themes in quantitative research: Continuities and changes. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press.
Auerbach, C. F., & Silverstein, L. B. (2003). Qualitative data: An introduction to coding an analysis. New York: New York University Press.
Bauer, M. W., & Gaskell, G. (2000). Qualitative researching with text, image and sound: A practical handbook. London: SAGE.
Buber, R., Gadner, J., & Richards, L. (Eds.) (2004). Applying qualitative methods to marketing management research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Camic, P. M., Rhodes, J. E., & Yardley, L. (Eds.). (2003). Qualitative research in psychology: Expanding perspectives in methodology and design. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Carson, D., et. al. (2001). Qualitative marketing research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Cassell, C., & Symon, G. (Eds.). (2004). Essential guide to qualitative methods in organizational research. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Chandler, J., & Owen, M. (2002). Developing brands with qualitative market research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative and quantitative, and mixed method approaches (2 nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of qualitative research (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Desai, P. (2002). Methods beyond interviewing in qualitative market research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Ereaut, G. (2002). Analysis and interpretation in qualitative market research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fischer, C. T., (Ed.) (2006). Qualitative research methods for psychologists: Introduction through empirical studies. Boston, MA: Elsevier Academic Press.
Gratton, C., & Jones, I. (2004). Research methods in sports studies. New York: Routledge.
Grbich, C. (2007). Qualitative data analysis: An introduction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Green, J., & Thorogood, N. (2004). Qualitative methods for health research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gummesson, E. (2000). Qualitative methods in management research (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hammell, K. W., Carpenter, C., & Dyck, I., (Eds.). (2000). Using qualitative research: A practical introduction for occupational and physical therapists . New York: Churchill Livingstone.
Hanson, E. C. (2006). Successful qualitative health research: A practical introduction. New York: Open University Press.
Hardy, M., & Bryman, A. (Eds). (2004). Handbook of data analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Imms, M, & Ereaut, G. (2002). An introduction to qualitative market research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Lillis, G. (2002). Delivering results in qualitative market research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Mann, C., & Stewart, F. (2000). Internet communication and qualitative research: A handbook for researching online. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Mariampolski, H. (2001). Qualitative market research: A comprehensive guide. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
May, T. (Ed.). (2002). Qualitative research in action. London: Sage.
Merchant, B. M., & Willis, A. I., (Eds.). (2001). Multiple and intersecting identities in qualitative research. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.
Munhall, P. L. (2000). Qualitative research proposals and reports: A guide ( 2nd ed.) . Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Murphy, E. A., & Dingwall, R. (2003). Qualitative methods and health policy research. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Parker, I. (2005). Qualitative psychology: Introducing radical research. New York: Open University Press.
Pope, C., & Mays, N. (Eds.). (2006). Qualitative research in health care (3rd ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell/BMJ Books.
Seale, C., et. al. (2004). Qualitative research practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Smith, D. V. L., & Fletcher, J. H. (2004). The art & science of interpreting market research evidence. New York: Wiley.
Smith, D. V. L., & Fletcher, J. H. (2001). Inside information: Making sense of marketing data. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Wardle, J. (2002) . Developing advertising with qualitative market research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Weis, L. (2000). Speed bumps: A student-friendly guide to qualitative research. New York: Teachers College Press.
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QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
Blaikie, N. W. H. (2003). Analyzing quantitative data: From description to explanation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Bowling, A. (2002). Research methods in health: Investigating health and health services (2 nd ed.). Philadelphia: Open University Press.
Clark-Carter, D. (2004). Quantitative psychological research: A student's handbook (2nd ed.). New York: Psychology Press.
Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative and quantitative, and mixed method approaches (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Locke, L. F., Silverman, S. L., & Spirduso, W. W. (2004). Reading and understanding research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Mertens, D. M. (2005). Research and evaluation in education and psychology: Integrating diversity with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Newman, I., & Benz, C. R. (1998). Qualitative-quantitative research methodology: Exploring the interactive continuum. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.
Ozcan, Y. A. (2006). Quantitative methods in health care management [electronic source]: Techniques and applications. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Available from http://0-www.myilibrary.com.catalog.lib.cmich.edu/browse/open.asp?ID=27956
Render, B., & Stair, R. M., Jr. (2003). Quantitative analysis for management (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Rochefort, D. A. (Ed.). (2006). Quantitative methods in practice: Readings from PS. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Sansone, C., Morf, C. C., & Panter, A. T. (Eds.). (2004). The Sage handbook of methods in social psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Scholz, R. W., & Tietje O. (2002). Embedded case study method: Integrating quantitative and qualitative knowledge. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Taylor, G. R. (Ed.). (2005). Integrating quantitative and qualitative methods in research (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
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STATISTICS/SAMPLING
Abrami, P. C., Cholmsky, P., & Gordon, R. (2001). Statistical analysis for the social sciences: An interactive approach. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Argyrous, G. (2000). Statistics for social and health research: With a guide to SPSS. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Berenson, M. L., Levine, D. M., & Krehbiel, T. C. (2005). Basic business statistics: Concepts and applications (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Berinstein, P. (2003). Business statistics on the web: Find them fast-at little or no cost. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books.
Bowers, D. (2002). Medical statistics from scratch. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley.
Campbell, D. T., & Russo, M. J. (2001). Social measurement. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Coolidge, F. (2006). Statistics: A gentle introduction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Crosby, R. A., DiClemente, R. J., & Salazar, L. F. (Eds.). (2006). Research methods in health promotion. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Daly, L. E., & Bourke, G.J. (2000). Interpretation and uses of medical statistics (5th ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell Science.
Dunn, O. J., & Clark, V. A. (2001). Basic statistics: A primer for the biomedical sciences. New York: John Wiley.
Fielding, J. L., & Nigel, G. G. (2000). Understanding social statistics. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fowler, J. Jarvis, P. & Chevannes, M. (2002). Practical statistics for nursing and health care. West Sussex, England: Wiley.
Healey, J. F. (2002). Statistics: A tool for social research (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning.
Hektner, J. M., Schmidt, J. A., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2007). Experience sampling method: Measuring the quality of everyday life. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Johnson, G. (2002). Research methods for public administrators. Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
Kitchens, L. J. (2003). Basic statistics and data analysis. Pacific Grove, CA: Thomson/Brooks/Cole.
Lipsey, M. W., & Wilson, D. B. (2001). Practical meta-analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Lomax, R. G. (2001). An introduction to statistical concepts for education and behavioral sciences. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
McKillup, S. (2006). Statistics explained: An introductory guide for the life sciences. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Mertens, D. M. (2005). Research and evaluation in education and psychology: Integrating diversity with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Munro, B. H. (2000). Statistical methods for health care research (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippencott Williams & Wilkins.
Myers, J. L., & Well, A. B. (2003). Research design and statistical analysis. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Salkind, N. J. (2004). Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Sirkin, R. M. (2006). Statistics for the social sciences (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Suter, W. N. (2006). Introduction to educational research: A critical thinking approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
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STYLE MANUALS
Amato, C. J. (1998). The world's easiest guide to using APA: A user friendly manual for formating research papers according to the American Psychological Association style guide. Westminster, CA: Stargazer Publishing.
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
APA-style helper [electronic resource]: Software for new writers in the behavioral sciences: A companion to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. (2001). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Ballanger, B. P. (2007). The curious researcher: A guide to writing research papers (5th ed). New York: Pearson Longman.
The Chicago manual of style (15th ed.). (2003). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Gibaldi, J. (2003). MLA handbook for writers of research papers (6th ed.). New York: Modern Language Association of America.
Greer, M. (2007). What every student should know about citing sources with MLA documentation. New York: Pearson Longman.
Stebbins, L. F. (2006). Student guide to research in the digital age: How tolocate and evaluate information sources. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
Turabian, K. (1996). A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations (6th ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
See also Writing Tips
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SURVEY RESEARCH
Aday, L. A., & Cornelius, L. J. (2006). Designing and conducting health surveys: A comprehensive guide (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Behling, O., & Law, K. S. (2000). Translating questionnaires and otherresearch instruments: Problems and solutions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Brace, I. (2004). Questionnaire design: How to plan, structure, and write survey material for effective market research. Sterling, VA: Kogan Page.
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. <http://www.unl.edu/buros/ >
Cozby, P. C. (2007). Methods in behaviorial research (9th ed). New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Czaja, R., & Blair, J. (2005). Designing surveys: A guide to decisions and procedures (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Dillman, D. A. (2007). Mail and internet surveys. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Edmunds, H. (1999). The focus group research handbook. Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Business Books.
Fields, D. L. (2002). Taking the measure of work: A guide to validated scalesfor organizational research and diagnosis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fowler, F. J. (2002). Survey research methods (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fraley, R. C. (2004). How to conduct behavioral research over the Internet: A beginner's guide to HTML and CGI/Perl. New York: Guilford Press.
Harkness, J., Vijer, F. J. R., & Mohler, P. P., (Eds.). (2003). Cross-cultural survey methods. New Work: J. Wiley.
Lee, E. S., &Forthofer, R. N. (2006). Analyzing complex survey data (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Marks, D. F., & Yardley, L. (Eds.). (2004). Research methods for clinical andhealth psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
McConnell, J. H. (2003). How to design, implement, and interpret an employee survey. New York: AMACOM.
McDowell, I. (2006). Measuring health: A guide to rating scales and questionnaires (3rd ed). New York: Oxford University Press.
National Center for Education Statistics. Survey and Program Areas. <http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ >
National Center for Health Statistics. Surveys and Data Collection Systems. <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/express.htm >
Nardi, P. M. (2006). Interpreting data: A guide to understanding research.Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon.
McNeill, P., & Chapman, S. (2005). Research methods (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge.
Miller, T. L., & Kobayashi, M. M. (2000). Citizen surveys: How to do them, how to use them, what they mean. Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association.
Nesbary, D. K. (2000). Survey research and the World Wide Web. Boston: Allyn and Bacon
Peterson, R. A. (2000). Constructing effective questionnaires. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.Silberman, M. (Ed.). (2003). The consultant's big book of reproducible surveys and questionnaires: 50 instruments to help you assess clients' problems. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Smith, F. J. (2003). Organizational surveys: The diagnosis and betterment of organizations through their members. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
The survey kit (2nd ed. Vols. 1-10). (2003). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Walden, G. R. (2002). Survey research methodology, 1990-1999: An annotated bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Weisberg, H. F. (2005). The total survey error approach: A guide to the newscience of survey research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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