Writing empirical research reports : a basic guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences / Fred Pyrczak, Randall R. Bruce.

Includes bibliographical references.

Writing simple research hypotheses -- A closer look at hypotheses -- Writing research purposes, objectives, and questions -- Writing titles -- Writing introductions and literature reviews -- Writing definitions -- Writing assumptions, limitations, and delimitations -- Writing method sections -- Writing analysis and results sections -- Writing discussion sections -- Writing abstracts -- A closer look at writing reports of qualitative research -- References -- Appendix A. Checklist of guidelines -- Appendix B. Thinking straight and writing that way -- Appendix C. The null hypothesis and significance testing.