The fourth edition of Quality Research Papers by Nancy Jean Vyhmeister and Terry Dwain Robertson teaches students of religion and theology how to research, organize, format, and write research papers
Contents: Glossary / W. Lawrence Neuman -- 1. Doing Social Research / W. Lawrence Neuman -- 2. Theory and Social Research / W. Lawrence Neuman -- 3. Ethics in Social Research / W. Lawrence Neuman -- 4. Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study / W. Lawrence Neuman -- 5. Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement / W. Lawrence Neuman -- 6. Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling / W. L…
Contents: Introduction -- Understanding scientific research -- Research approaches and data collection methods -- Planning the research study -- From Research ideas to hypothesis formulation -- Ethics in scientific research -- Foundations of research -- Measurement techniques and sampling methods -- Ensuring research validity -- Experimental methods -- Control techniques in experimental researc…
Contents: Introduction : Reopening the investigation of a lifetime -- pt. 1. Examining the record -- 1. The eyewitness evidence : Can the biographies of Jesus be trusted? / with Dr. Craig Blomberg -- 2. Testing the eyewitness evidence : Do the biographies of Jesus stand up to scrutiny? / with Dr. Craig Blomberg -- 3. The documentary evidence : Were Jesus' biographies reliably preserved for us? …