TY - BOOK AU - Merrigan,Gerianne AU - Huston,Carole Logan TI - Communication research methods. SN - 9780195314823 AV - P91.3.M46 U1 - 302.2072 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Communication KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: The what and why of communication research: Introduction to the field of communication -- Ethics and research -- Three paradigms of knowing -- Making claims -- What counts as communication data? -- Warrants for research arguments -- The how of communication research: Survey research -- Experimental research -- Content Analysis -- Descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing -- Inferential statistics: Differences and relationships -- Conversation and discourse analysis -- Ethnographic research -- Traditional and interpretive methods of rhetorical criticism -- Critical studies UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2008041653-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2008041653-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2008041653-t.html ER -