Textbook Evaluation

Graziano and Raulin (Fourth Edition)

In our continued commitment to providing the best available research methods text, we are seeking your help to pinpoint both the strengths and the weaknesses of the text. Comments on previous versions from both students and faculty have contributed to many of the innovations that have made this one of the best selling research methods texts. We would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to share with us your impressions of the text, what worked for you, what did not work, and most importantly, how you think we can make it even better the next time around. You can give us valuable feedback by completing the form below, which will automatically be sent to us when you press the SEND button. If you would like to give us more extensive feedback, feel free to email either or both of us at any time. Our email addresses are:
Mike Raulin: raulin@acsu.buffalo.edu
Tony Graziano: amgraz@acsu.buffalo.edu

We want to thank you in advance for your comments and ideas.

For Both Students and Instructors

For the first few items, select the choice that most accurately reflects your situation or your feelings.

1. Are you:
   An undergraduate student A graduate student An instructor
2. The course in which the text was used is for:
   Undergraduate psychology majors Undergraduate non-majors Graduate students
3. How well-written is the text?
   very poorly written poorly written average well written very well written
4. How well is the material covered by the text?
   completely covered well covered adequately covered passably covered poorly covered
5. Overall, how well organized is the text?
   very well organized well organized adequately organized passably organized poorly organized

   Answer the next few items in your own words.

6. Which are the strongest chapters? Why?
7. Which are the weakest chapters? Why? How can they be improved?
8. How effective is the programmed nature of the text in sequencing material and in building on concepts?
9. How useful are the review exercises following each chapter? How can they be improved?
10. What important topics have not been covered in this text?
11. Which topics are not clearly presented? How can they be improved?
12. How useful is the Study Guide? How can it be improved?

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    The CD Supplement

13. Did you use the CD supplement that is available for this text?
    Yes No (If NO, skip this section)
14. How useful was the CD supplement?
15. How easy was it to find things on the CD?
16. What parts of the CD were most valuable to you?
17. What parts were least valuable?
18. What other resources would you have found useful on the CD Supplement?
19. Please check each of the elements of the CD that you used during the course.
    Browser Tutorial
    APA Publication Style Tutorial
    Library Research Tutorial
    Statistical Analysis Tutorial
    SPSS for Windows
    Interactive Study Guide
    Random Number Generator
    Glossary
    Manual Computation of Statistics Handouts
    Statistical Tables
    Exercises
    Index
    Table of Contents in Left Frame
    List of Handouts
    Topics List
    Table of Contents by Chapter (referenced in text with an icon)
    

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    For instructors:

20. How well does this text compare with other research methods texts?
21. How useful is the Instructor's Manual? How can it be improved?
22. How would you rate the test item file? How could it be improved?
23. Will you use this text again or recommend its use? If not, why not?