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PRACTICAL RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS OF EMPIRICAL INQUIRY

DS/URBRPL 955
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Provides a practical introduction to basic concepts of research question formulation, research designs and alternative methods of inquiry, implications for internal validity of the research and generalizability of the findings, operational definitions and measurement validity, reliability, utility and precision.

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