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Research Books
The following publications are available for loan to faculty members. These materials provide easy-to-use, standard sources of information about various research methodologies and practices. These materials are excellent guides for either a first-time user of a new methodology, or a review or reference for an experienced researcher. The books are housed in AAC 170 at the ATC.
Afifi, Abdelmonem, Virginia A. Clark, and Susanne May. Computer-Aided Multivariate Analysis. Fourth ed.: Chapman & Hall / CRC, 2004.
Beaver, Barbara M., and Robert J. Beaver. Introduction to Probability & Statistics. Ten ed.: Duxbury Press, 1999.
Bennekom, Frederick C. Van. Customer Surveying, a Guidebook for Service Managers: Customer Service Press, 2002.
Berenson, Mark L., and David M. Levine. Basic Business Statistics Concepts and Applications. second ed.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.
Berg, Bruce L. Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Fourth ed.: ALLYN AND BACON, 2001.
Byrne, Barbara M. Structural Equation Moderling with Amos: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2001.
Chambers, R.L., and C.J. Skinner, eds. Analysis of Survey Data: Wiley Series in Survey Methodology, 2003.
Creswell, John W. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Second ed.: SAGE Publications, 2003.
Cummings, L.L., and Peter J. Frost, eds. Publishing in the Organizational Sciences: SAGE Publications, 1995.
Davison, Mark L. Multidimensional Scaling: Krieger Publishing Company, 1983.
Denzin, Norman K., and Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds. Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials: SAGE Publications, 1998.
Devellis, Robert F. Scale Development: Theory and Applications. Second ed.: SAGE Publications, 2003.
Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. Survey Research Methods. Third ed.: SAGE Publications, 2002.
Gilmore, Jodie. Painless Windows: A Handbook for Sas Users. Second ed.: SAS Institute, 1999.
Girden, Ellen R. Evaluating Research Articles. Second ed.: Sage Publications, 2001.
Katzer, Jeffrey, Kenneth H. Cook, and Wayne W. Crouch. Evaluating Information: A Guide for Users of Social Science Research. Fourth ed.: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Krueger, Richard A., and Mary Anne Casey. Focus Groups. Third ed.: Sage Publications, Inc., 2000.
Leech, Nancy L, Karen C Barrett, and George A. Morgan, SPSS for Intermediate Statistics: Use and Interpretation, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2008.
Lindlof, Thomas R., and Bryan C. Taylor. Qualitative Communication Resarch Methods. Second ed.: SAGE Publications, 2002.
Locke, Lawrence F., Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, and Stephen J. Silverman. Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals. Fourth ed.: Sage Publications, 2000.
Mendenhall, Willian, Robert J. Beaver, and Barbara M. Beaver. Introduction to Probability and Statistics. Tenth ed.: Duxbury Press, 1999.
Mortensen, Peter, and Gesa E. Kirsch. Ethics & Representation in Qualitative Studies of Literacy: National Council of Teachers of English, 1996.
Myers, Michael D., and David Avison, eds. Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader: SAGE Publications, 2002.
Netemeyer, Richard G., William O. Bearden, and Subhash Sharma. Scaling Procedures: SAGE Publications, 2003.
Patton, Michael Quinn. Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods. Third ed.: Sage Publications, 2002.
Prairie, Katherine. The Essential Proc Sql Handbook for Sas Users: SAS Press, 2005.
Ripley, B. D. Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
SAS Institute Inc., Getting Started with SAS 9.1 Text Miner, SAS Institute, 2004.
Triola, Mario F. Elementary Statistics Using Excel: Addison-Wesley, 2001.
Weinberg, Sharon Lawner, and Sarah Knapp Abramowitz. Statistics Using SPSS: an Integrated Approach. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Wolcott, Harry F. Writing Up: Qualitative Research. Second ed.: Sage Publications, 2001.
Yin, Robert K. Case Study Research: Design and Methods. Third ed.: SAGE Publications, 2003.