PART I: An Overview of Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Research 1: Research Methods for Leisure, Recreation and Tourism PART II: ABCs of Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Research 2: Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Research Design 3: Finding and Summarizing Research Literature 4: Measurement of Variables 5: Proposal Writing PART III: Research Methods and Data Collection 6: Survey Research: Sampling and Questionnaire Design 7: Qualitative Research in Leisure, Recreation and Tourism 8: Grounded Theory Methodology in Research 9: Evaluation Research Methods in Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Research 10: Experimental Research 11: Cross-cultural and Visual Research: Issues and Concerns PART IV: Analysing the Data and Testing Hypotheses 12: Summarizing Data 13: Inferential Analysis of Data 14: Relationship Analysis: t-Tests, Analysis of Variance, Cross Tabulations and Non-parametric Tests 15: Describing Linear Bivariate Relationships: Correlation Analysis 16: Factor Analytical Procedure and Scale Reliability PART V: Research Write Ups: Reporting the Results 17: Communicating Research Results
Suitable for parks, recreation, tourism, leisure and natural resource management students at the undergraduate and masters' level.
Ercan Sirakaya-Turk (Edited By)
Ercan Sirakaya-Turk, PhD, is a Professor of Tourism and the
Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the College of
Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management at the University of South
Carolina (USC). Before joining USC, Dr Turk worked at Texas A&M
and Pennsylvania State Universities. He received his PhD and MS
from Clemson University, South Carolina USA. He was the 2007
recipient of US State Department's prestigious Fulbright
scholarship to Russia, Saint Petersburg State University of Finance
and Economics. Ercan has published a significant number of articles
in the area of tourism destination marketing and tourism
development in prestigious tourism journals and completed numerous
grants/ contracts exceeding one million US dollars. Dr
Sirakaya-Turk is the founding-editor and current associate Editor
for an online tourism research bulletin (e-Review of Tourism
Research). He also serves at editorial boards of numerous journals
including Journal of Travel Research, Annals of Tourism Research
(as a resource editor), and Tourism Analysis. He teaches tourism
economics, marketing and research methods classes.
Muzaffer Uysal (Edited By)
Professor Muzaffer Uysal, PhD. is a provost professor and chair of
the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management - Isenberg
School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Dr. Uysal has extensive experience in the tourism and hospitality
field and has conducted workshops and seminars in more than 25
countries. He is a member of the International Academy for the
Study of Tourism and the Academy of Leisure Sciences. He has also
authored and co-authored a significant number of research articles,
monographs, and books. Dr. Uysal has also received over 30 awards,
honors, and recognitions. His current research interests focus on
tourism development and quality-of-life research in tourism and
hospitality settings.
Praise for the previous edition: "To write a good textbook is only possible with pedagogic sensitivity, significant educational experiences, and research practice. This book is evidence that the editors possess all three qualifications. A student-friendly publication introducing plenty of examples and case studies (and) encouraging students to acquire the skills needed... this book (is) a winner."--Annals of Tourism Research 39(3), 2012
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