Kumar-2011-Research-Methodology_-A-Step-by-Step-Guide-for-Beginners

Index
100 percent bar chart 301–2
ABI/INFORM 36
accidental sampling 201
action research 131
active variables 71
after-only designs 215
Alkin, M.C. 324
alternate hypothesis 85
applications of research 6
applied research 9, 10
area chart 305–6
attitudinal scales 167–76
calculating attitudinal score 172
difficulties in developing 169
functions 168
in qualitative research 175
in quantitative research 168
relation to measurement scales 175
types 170–5
attitudinal score 172–3
attitudinal value 174
attitudinal weight 174
attribute variables 71
authenticity 184
Babbie, E. 178
Bailey, K.D. 10, 74, 83, 245
bar chart 298–300
before-and-after studies 107–10
bias 5, 141, 164, 246
bibliography 403–7
Black, J.A. 63
blind studies 126
books, reviewing 34
Bulmer, M. 8
Burns, R.B. 8, 144, 313
calculation of sample size 209–12
case studies 126
categorical variable 72
causal change
dependent variable 97–9
independent variable 97–9
total 97–9
cause variable 66–9
Champion, D.J. 63
chance variables 96–9
CINAHL 36
classificatory scale 74–6
closed questions 145, 151–4
cluster sampling 204–5
code book 257–68
code of conduct 241
coding 256–74
coding qualitative data 277–88
coding quantitative data 255–77
Cohen, M.R. 63
Cohen and Nagel 63
cohort studies 125
column percentage 295–7
community forums 129, 160, 330
community surveys 330
concepts
converting into indicators 64–6
difference between concepts and
variables 63–4
measurement 73–7