In the eleventh edition of Understanding Research Methods: An Overview of the Essentials, Newhart and Patten leverage the principles of learning and content design to present the fundamentals students need to get started in research. Basics of quantitative and qualitative research are covered in short, independent topics and grouped into meaningful sections.

This companion website provides the following supplementary materials to accompany the book:

Student resources

  • Key terms
  • Learning objectives
  • Discussion questions
  • Prompts for planning your research
  • Useful tools for completing your research

Instructor resources

  • Instructor guide
  • PowerPoint lecture slides
  • Test bank
  • Case studies
  • Project-based course guides
  • Proposal-based course guides
  • End of topic questions
  • Appendix bibliography
  • Graphic sets for class presentations
  • As well as all of the student resources