Writing Empirical Research Reports
A Basic Guide for Students of the Social
and Behavioral Sciences
(Seventh Edition)

 

Designed for students who will be writing research proposals, reports, theses, and dissertations.
The 15 chapters cover 191 guidelines for effective scientific writing. The guidelines are fully illustrated with easy-to-follow examples.
The guidelines describe the types of information that should be included, how this information should be expressed, and where various types of information should be placed within a research report.
End-of-chapter questions help students master the writing process.
The Seventh Edition contains updated examples throughout.
 

A sample of professors' reactions:

"An excellent companion for the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association."
    — Kenneth L. Hobby, Harding University

"My students are delighted! It gives them concrete examples and leads them through the process of writing a research report."
    — Ann Coyne, University of Nebraska

"I am teaching a course we created for psychology majors to teach APA, formal writing, etc. This is a great book-it's easy to read and process information, but thorough as well. It will be required in addition to the APA style manual and Using Sources Effectively."
    — Susan F. Kahl, North Greenville College

“Simplistic explanations of troublesome topics. Very helpful for inexperienced writers.”
    — Ronda Yoder, Pensacola Christian College

“This is a fantastic book. I’ve used it as a supplementary text with my research methods text for the last decade. As long as I keep teaching methods, I will continue to use this fine text.”
    — Shaun L. Gabbidon, Penn State Harrisburg

“Writing Empirical Research Reports provides an excellent guidebook for students to propose research reports at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This is a book that graduate students will want to keep as a reference for future research papers.”
    — Michael Montgomery, Tennessee State University

“Provides clear and basic guidelines that aid students to enhance their research report-writing skills. Students would find the advanced writing class more difficult without this book accompanying the APA manual.”
    — Dennis Rodriguez, Indiana University South Bend

“The book is well organized, clearly written, and concise while covering essential content. It addresses specifics—what to do and not do—in a scholarly manner. The examples and exercises facilitate application of the material.”
    — Martha B. Sparks, University of Southern Indiana

“Very helpful! The students have a much better idea of how to organize their research papers now, and I have a better idea of how to guide them.”
    — Shelley Velleman, University of Massachusetts

 

Highly enthusiastic student responses explain
why this book is so popular!

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