Writing Empirical Research Reports: A Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Writing Empirical Research Reports: A Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Ninth Edition, offers clear and practical guidance on how to write research proposals, reports, theses, and dissertations.The book describes 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. The organization is designed to walk students through all the elements required when writing an original research report for a class, for a thesis/dissertation, or for publication. Most guidelines are illustrated with examples from actual (and recent) research reports published in peer-reviewed journals across the social and behavioral sciences. The new edition includes fully updated examples and chapter exercises, expanded material on qualitative methods, significant new material on research ethics, and new content on online research including social media.Accompanied by online resources for students and instructors, Writing Empirical Research Reports is ideal for use in research methods courses, thesis/dissertation preparation courses, research seminars where writing a research report is a culminating activity, and any graduate-level seminar in which the instructor covers the vital components necessary to prepare a research manuscript for submission for publication.

About the Author

Melisa C. Galvan (Ph.D., 2013, UC Berkeley) is co-author of Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Routledge, 2017) and Proposing Empirical Research: A Guide to the fundamentals (Routledge, 2020). Dr. Galvan is Associate Professor at California State University, Northridge.