Welcome to the Reading Room, where you'll find a variety of resources to consult this semester!
Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2005). Practical Research. (8th ed.) Columbus, OH: Pearson Publishing.
To take the quizzes, go to the:
Book Website: Chapter Overviews, Self-Assessment, Web Destinations, & Checklists
Salkind, N. J. Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics (excel edition) . (3rd ed.). (Get the SPSS one if you know SPSS). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. [You can also buy the E-version of this book from the Aztec Bookstore but no sell-back.]
Get them at the campus bookstore or Visit bigwords.com or Amazon.com
Excellent Online Resources (optional)
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Bourque, L. B., & Fielder, E. P. (2003). How to conduct self-administered and mail surveys. (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Blake, G., & Bly, R. W. (1993). The elements of technical writing. New York: Macmillan.
or Pearsall, T. E. (2001). The Elements of Technical Writing (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
The Tao of Statistics. SAGE Publications.
APA job aid |APA_search strategies
Reserved Readings
Electronic Course Reserves readings packet. The password this semester is inquire
(need update)
(A lot is on reserve, but only the two files on content analysis and the Mungania article are required)
Click here for your reading assignments, organized by week.
Be advised ... that most of us have questions about technique and style when we write. Here are a few useful resources:
Hale, C. (1999). Sin and syntax: How to craft wickedly effective prose. New York: Broadway Books. [Also available from Random House as an Acrobat E-Book]
O'Conner, P. T. (1999). Words fail me: What everyone who writes should know about writing. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company.
O'Conner, P. T. (2003, expanded edition). Woe is I: The grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English. New York: Riverhead Books.
O'Conner, P. T., & Kellerman, S. (2002). You send me: Getting it right when you write online. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company.
Perry, C. R. (1991). The fine art of technical writing. Portland, OR: Blue Heron Publishing, Inc.
Truss, L. (2003). Eats, shoots, & leaves. New York: Gotham Books