| Introduction | xi |
| Chapter 1. | A Survey As a Term Project | 1 |
| Chapter 2. | Identifying a Topic for a Survey | 9 |
| Chapter 3. | Formulating Research Purposes | 19 |
| Chapter 4. | Locating Related Literature | 27 |
| Chapter 5. | Writing a Literature Review | 35 |
| Chapter 6. | Selecting a Sample | 43 |
| Chapter 7. | Identifying Existing Instruments | 51 |
| Chapter 8. | Constructing Instruments | 59 |
| Chapter 9. | Measuring Demographics | 75 |
| Chapter 10. | Administering Instruments | 83 |
| Chapter 11. | Analysis: Percentages | 91 |
| Chapter 12. | Analysis: Averages and Measures of Variability | 97 |
| Chapter 13. | Analysis: Correlation | 107 |
| Chapter 14. | Writing a Survey Research Report | 113 |
| Appendix A | Preparing a Research Proposal | 121 |
| Appendix B | An Overview of Reliability and Validity | 125 |
| Appendix C | Introduction to Statistical Significance | 135 |
| Appendix D | Free Internet Programs to Calculate Statistics | 137 |