TY - BOOK AU - Treadwell,D.F. TI - Introducing communication research: paths of inquiry SN - 9781412944571 (pbk.) AV - P91.3 .T76 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - SAGE Publications KW - Communication KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Getting started: possibilities and decisions -- First decisions: what, why, how? -- Ethics: your responsibilities as a researcher -- Reading research: to boldly go where others have gone before -- Measurement: research using numbers -- Statistics: analyzing your numbers -- Sampling: who, what and how many? -- Surveys: putting numbers on opinions -- Experiments: researching cause and effect -- Observation: watching and listening for in-depth understanding -- Content analyis: understanding text and image -- Writing research: sharing your results ER -