| Introduction | |
| Ch. 1 | What is Research? | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Tools of Research | 14 |
| Ch. 3 | The Problem: The Heart of the Research Process | 49 |
| Ch. 4 | The Review of the Related Literature | 70 |
| Ch. 5 | Planning Your Research Design | 91 |
| Ch. 6 | Writing the Research Proposal | 122 |
| Ch. 7 | Qualitative Research | 147 |
| Ch. 8 | Historical Research | 172 |
| Ch. 9 | Descriptive Research | 187 |
| Ch. 10 | Experimental and Causal-Comparative Designs | 229 |
| Ch. 11 | Statistical Techniques for Analyzing Quantitative Data | 252 |
| Ch. 12 | Technical Details: Style, Format, and Organization of the Research Report | 285 |
| References | 307 |
| Index | 311 |