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"""Newhart and Patten have created an essential and accessible book for undergraduate and postgraduate students who want to develop their research skills and understanding."" -- Dr Marc Turu Porcel, Leeds Beckett University, UK ""This text provides a practical overview of research methods that is appropriate for a graduate or an upper-division undergraduate course in research methods. Using engaging examples, this text helps students recognize the application of research to their own lives."" -- Dr Melody Whiddon-Willoughby, Florida International University, USA ""This book provides an excellent introduction to research methods for students and early career practitioners, as well as a handy, yet comprehensive reference for people with more experience in the field. It has served as the backbone for many of my research methods courses."" -- Ximena Uribe-Zarain, Missouri State University, USA ""The research process is finally presented to both students and tutors alike in this book, in highly accessible language cutting through traditionally used scholarly vernacular, bestowing a long awaited and much needed clarity."" -- Anya Higgins, Solent University, UK ""This is an extremely comprehensive textbook that students will find rigorous and relevant. It covers all fundamental topics in research methods and makes extensive use of visual illustrations. This makes the book exciting to read."" -- Augustine Acheampong, Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Ghana"

Newhart and Patten have created an essential and accessible book for undergraduate and postgraduate students who want to develop their research skills and understanding. -- Dr Marc Turu Porcel, Leeds Beckett University, UK This text provides a practical overview of research methods that is appropriate for a graduate or an upper-division undergraduate course in research methods. Using engaging examples, this text helps students recognize the application of research to their own lives. -- Dr Melody Whiddon-Willoughby, Florida International University, USA This book provides an excellent introduction to research methods for students and early career practitioners, as well as a handy, yet comprehensive reference for people with more experience in the field. It has served as the backbone for many of my research methods courses. -- Ximena Uribe-Zarain, Missouri State University, USA The research process is finally presented to both students and tutors alike in this book, in highly accessible language cutting through traditionally used scholarly vernacular, bestowing a long awaited and much needed clarity. -- Anya Higgins, Solent University, UK This is an extremely comprehensive textbook that students will find rigorous and relevant. It covers all fundamental topics in research methods and makes extensive use of visual illustrations. This makes the book exciting to read. -- Augustine Acheampong, Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Ghana

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Michelle Newhart works as an expert course designer and applied researcher in her role as an instructional designer at a large two-year college in southern California. An award-winning writer in medical sociology, Dr. Newhart has contributed to more than a dozen nonfiction books, chapters, and articles. She also teaches sociology part-time at multiple colleges in southern California.

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