[Air-L] undergraduate research methods

[Todd Harper]

Second on the Lindlof, I've also used that book and found it pretty great.

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On Aug 16, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Peter Gloviczki <glovi002 at umn.edu> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> In addition to the citations mentioned, these two might be helpful:
> 
> Berger, A. A. (2000). Media and communication research methods an
> introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thousand
> Oaks, Calif: SAGE.
> 
> Lindlof, T. R., & Taylor, B. C. (2002). Qualitative communication
> research methods. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications.
> 
> I especially like Lindlof & Taylor, it is clear and thorough.
> 
> Best, Peter
> 
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Todd Harper <laevantine at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I dunno how new it is, but when someone wants a "how do I pick a method and
>> structure this study?" book I always point them at Creswell --
>> http://www.amazon.com/Research-Design-Qualitative-Quantitative-Approaches/dp/1412965578--
>> because I've had such success with it in the past (and it was one of
>> the
>> texts I learned on, as you might expect). I assigned bits and pieces of
>> this to my game player research undergrads in the spring and it worked
>> pretty well.
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Unsworth,Kristene <ku26 at drexel.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> I've recently agreed to mentor a student through his senior year research
>>> thesis. He is in a science, technology and society program but wants to
>>> focus on surveillance and security issues...which is where I came in.
>>> 
>>> Do any of you know of a good research methods text that I could direct him
>>> to as he starts this process? I know of some of the standards: Patton,
>>> Bouma, Lincoln and Denzin, but wanted to reach out in case any of you have
>>> had good experiences with newer texts.
>>> 
>>> Thanks a bunch,
>>> Kris
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Todd Harper
>> Postdoctoral Researcher, Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab --
>> http://gambit.mit.edu
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