Chapter Summaries
for:
Investigating Communication: An Introduction to Research Methods
(Frey, Botan, & Kreps, 2000)
The following chapter summaries are intended as a study aid after you have read the chapters in FBK – they will be of limited use to you if you have not read the book. (Many have tried to get by on the summaries alone, few have succeeded! So you gotta ask yourself, "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya rookie?) I recommend that you use them as a review as you prepare to demonstrate mastery of the material – either on the Readiness Assessment Tests or the final exam.
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Full (APA Style)
Citation for the book:
Frey, L., Botan, C., & Kreps, G. (1999). Investigating communication:
An introduction to research methods (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
These summaries were prepared
by Dr. Jim Query,
now at the University of Houston.
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Section I |
Conceptualizing Communication Research |
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Section II |
Planning and Designing Communication Research |
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Section III |
Methodologies for Conducting Communication Research |
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Textual Analysis |
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Naturalistic Inquiry |
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Section IV |
Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data |
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Describing Quantitative Data |
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Inferring from Data: Estimation and Significance Testing |
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Analyzing Differences between Groups |
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Analyzing Relationships between Variables |
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Section V |
Reconceptualizing Communication Research |
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Epilogue: Concluding Research |