Research Methods

Practical Research

by Paul D. Leedy, Jeanne E. Ormrod

An original Booknomics guide to the work’s structure, evidence, ideas, context, and limitations.

Practical Research summary

Practical Research by Paul D. Leedy, Jeanne E. Ormrod is approached here as a research methods work organized around concepts, claims, evidence, and implications. Published in 1974, the analysis uses question design, measurement, sampling, validity, evidence, and analysis as its main lenses. The goal is to reconstruct the work's intellectual architecture while keeping assumptions, counterarguments, uncertainty, and context visible. This page uses original explanatory prose and does not reproduce copyrighted passages or treat a summary as a substitute for the book.

Key ideas

question design. In Practical Research, this is one of the main analytical lenses for reconstructing the work's reasoning. The key questions are what the concept means, what supports it, what follows if the claim is accepted, and what limitations keep it from becoming a universal conclusion. measurement. In Practical Research, this is one of the main analytical lenses for reconstructing the work's reasoning. The key questions are what the concept means, what supports it, what follows if the claim is accepted, and what limitations keep it from becoming a universal conclusion. sampling. In Practical Research, this is one of the main analytical lenses for reconstructing the work's reasoning. The key questions are what the concept means, what supports it, what follows if the claim is accepted, and what limitations keep it from becoming a universal conclusion. validity. In Practical Research, this is one of the main analytical lenses for reconstructing the work's reasoning. The key questions are what the concept means, what supports it, what follows if the claim is accepted, and what limitations keep it from becoming a universal conclusion. evidence. In Practical Research, this is one of the main analytical lenses for reconstructing the work's reasoning. The key questions are what the concept means, what supports it, what follows if the claim is accepted, and what limitations keep…

Analysis

Central reading 1. Question Design and Measurement question design is useful in Practical Research because it identifies one part of the work's explanatory structure. Start by defining the term precisely, then ask what kind of evidence supports it and whether the conclusion is descriptive, causal, interpretive, or normative. These claims require different kinds of support. Finally, compare question design with measurement and identify the unresolved tension. The most durable value of Practical Research may lie not in a final answer but in a sharper question that can be tested against stronger evidence. 2. Measurement and Sampling measurement is useful in Practical Research because it identifies one part of the work's explanatory structure. These claims require different kinds of support. Finally, compare measurement with sampling and identify the unresolved tension. 3. Sampling and Validity sampling is useful in Practical Research because it identifies one part of the work's explanatory structure. These claims require different kinds of support. Finally, compare sampling with validity and identify the unresolved tension. 4. Validity and Evidence validity is useful in Practical Research because it identifies one part of the work's explanatory structure. These claims require different kinds of support. Finally, compare validity with evidence and identify the unresolved tension.…

Practical application

Study & critical application 1. Define question design in your own words. 2. Identify what evidence supports measurement. 3. Compare sampling with validity. 4. Write one boundary condition for evidence. 5. Identify one plausible counterargument involving analysis. 6. State what evidence would make you revise your interpretation.

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