Composition Research: Empirical Designs

Lauer, Janice M.; Asher, J. William

ISBN 10: 0195041720 / ISBN 13: 9780195041729

Published by Oxford University Press, 1988

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0195041720I5N00

Synopsis:

Intended for writing instructors at all levels who lack the training to deal effectively with the increasingly important role played by empirical research in their field, Composition Research explains ten of the most common empirical designs used in the social sciences. These include: case study, ethnography, sampling/survey, quantitative descriptive research, prediction and classification studies, true and quasi-experiments, meta-analysis, and program evaluation. Each design is explained with reference to at least two specific composition studies, and includes a separate bibliography that identifies further writing studies that use it. The book also features a chapter on measurement, an appendix on statistical analyses, a glossary of technical terms and symbols, and guidelines for research on human subjects.

From the Back Cover: An important work, one that is badly needed and that will therefore have a wide influence on the field.... It presents its discussion of empirical designs in the context of composition research as a whole, and that discussion is extremely well adapted to the average composition teacher and novice researcher. As such, it should be required reading in every graduate program in rhetoric and composition.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Composition Research: Empirical Designs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket