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Educational Research : Fundamentals for the Consumer

by: McMillan, James H.

Educational Research : Fundamentals for the Consumer

by: McMillan, James H.

ISBN 13:
9780321023377
ISBN 10:
0321023374
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/01/1999
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Summary

Designed to help students become intelligent consumers of educational research, the fifth edition of this text introduces basic research principles to those who may later use research in their work. The author utilizes aids to facilitate student learning, including chapter concept maps, study questions, a book website, and more than 90 examples from published articles, including 9 full-length articles.

To the Instructor

xiii

To the Student

xvii

Introduction to Research in Education

(26)

Sources of Knowledge

(3)

Personal Experience

(1)

Tradition

(1)

Authority

(1)

Research

(1)

The Nature of Scientific Inquiry

(2)

Purpose of Scientific Inquiry

(1)

Characteristics of Scientific Inquiry

(1)

Purpose of Theories

(1)

Applying Systematic Inquiry to Education

(1)

Types of Educational Research

(5)

Two Traditions of Research: Quantitative and Qualitative

(3)

Basic, Applied, Evaluation, and Action Research

(1)

Educational Research Report Format

(11)

Title and Author(s)

(1)

Abstract

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Review of Literature

(1)

Specific Research Question or Hypothesis

(1)

Method and Design

(1)

Results

(1)

Discussion

(1)

Conclusions

(1)

References

(8)

Anatomy of a Research Article

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

Sample Test Questions

(2)

Variables, Research Problems, and Hypotheses

(20)

Variables in Educational Research

(4)

Conceptual and Operational Definitions

(2)

Types of Variables

(2)

Research Problems

(5)

Sources for Research Problems

(3)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Research Problems

(3)

Hypotheses

(4)

Why Researchers Use Hypotheses

(1)

Types of Hypotheses

(3)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Research Hypotheses

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

Sample Test Questions

(2)

Locating and Reviewing Related Literature

(28)

The Purpose of Reviewing Related Literature

(2)

Refining the Research Problem

(1)

Developing Significance for the Research

(1)

Identifying Methodological Techniques

(1)

Identifying Contradictory Findigns

(1)

Developing Research Hypotheses

(1)

Learning About New Information

(1)

Steps to Review Related Literature

(17)

Step One: Use Secondary Sources to Locate Existing Reviews and Related Research

(3)

Step Two: Identify Key Terms

(1)

Step Three: Identify the Appropriate Journal Indexes and Abstracts

(4)

Step Four: Search Indexes for Primary Sources

(6)

Step Five: Summarize and Analyze Primary Source Information

(1)

Step Six: Organize and Write the Review

(1)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating the Review of Literature

(6)

Study Questions

(1)

Simple Test Questions

(2)

Using the Internet for Educational Research

(26)

Introduction to the Internet

(3)

What Is the Internet?

(1)

Internet Terminology

(1)

Accessing the Internet

(3)

Using Internet Communication for Educational Research

(1)

E-mail

(1)

Listservs and Newsgroups

(1)

Organization of Information on the World Wide Web

(4)

Similarities Between Online and Print Research Techniques

(1)

Differences Between Online and Print Research Techniques

(1)

Elements of Website Organization

(2)

World Wide Web Search Techniques

(7)

Using Subject Directories to Find Relevant Websites

(1)

Using Search Engines

(4)

Using Known Locations

(2)

Review of Education Websites

(3)

Federal Government

(1)

State Government

(1)

National Research Centers

(1)

Regional Educational Laboratories

(1)

Associations and Organizations

(1)

Online Journals

(1)

Consumer Tips: Online Research Tutorials and Guides

(1)

Consumer Tips: How to Cite Internet Resources in Your References

(1)

Consumer Tips: Evaluating Information Found on the Internet

(4)

Study Questions

(1)

Sample Test Questions

(2)

Subjects, Participants, and Sampling

101

(18)

What is a Subject, A Participant, and a Sample?

102

(1)

Types of Sampling Procedures

102

(9)

Probability Sampling

103

(5)

Nonprobability Sampling

108

(3)

How Subjects and Sampling Affect Research

111

(4)

Knowledge of Sampling Procedures

111

(1)

Volunteer Samples

111

(3)

Sample Size

114

(1)

Subject Motivation

114

(1)

Sampling Bias

115

(1)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Subjects Sections of Reports and Sampling Procedures

115

(1)

Study Questions

116

(1)

Sample Test Questions

117

(2)

Foundations of Educational Measurement

119

(28)

Introduction to Measurement

120

(3)

What Is Measurement?

120

(1)

What Is Evaluation?

120

(1)

What Is Assessment?

121

(1)

The Purpose of Measurement for Research

121

(1)

Scales of Measurement

122

(1)

Principles of Descriptive Statistics for Understanding Measurement

123

(9)

Frequency Distributions

124

(2)

Measures of Central Tendency

126

(1)

Measures of Variability

127

(3)

Correlation

130

(2)

Validity of Measurement

132

(5)

What Is Validity?

132

(1)

Sources of Validity Evidence

133

(3)

Effect of Validity on Research

136

(1)

Reliability of Measurement

137

(6)

Types of Reliability

137

(4)

Effect of Reliability on Research

141

(2)

Study Questions

143

(1)

Sample Test Questions

144

(3)

Types of Educational Measures

147

(29)

Classifying Educational Measures

148

(1)

Tests

148

(7)

Norm- and Criterion-Referenced Interpretations

149

(1)

Standardized Tests

150

(4)

Scores from Norm-Referenced Interpretations

154

(1)

Questionnaires

155

(6)

Personality Assessment

155

(1)

Attitude, Value, and Interest Questionnaires

156

(4)

Problems in Measuring Noncognitive Traits

160

(1)

Observations

161

(4)

Inference

162

(1)

Laboratory Observation

163

(1)

Structured Field Observations

164

(1)

Observer Effects

164

(1)

Interviews

165

(4)

Types of Interview Questions

166

(1)

Interviewer Effects

167

(2)

Locating and Evaluating Educational Measures

169

(1)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Instrumentation

169

(4)

Study Questions

173

(1)

Sample Test Questions

174

(2)

Nonexperimental Quantitative Research Designs

176

(30)

The Purpose of Nonexperimental Research

177

(1)

Descriptive Studies

177

(2)

Characteristics of Descriptive Studies

177

(2)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Descriptive Studies

179

(1)

Relationships in Nonexperimental Designs

179

(1)

Comparative Studies

180

(2)

Characteristics of Comparative Studies

180

(2)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Comparative Studies

182

(2)

Correlational Studies

184

(5)

Characteristics of Correlational Studies

184

(3)

Prediction Studies

187

(2)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Correlational Studies

189

(3)

Causal-Comparative Studies

192

(2)

Ex Post Facto Studies

192

(2)

Correlational Causal-Comparative Studies

194

(1)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Causal-Comparative Studies

194

(1)

Using Surveys in Nonexperimental Research

195

(2)

Cross-Sectional Surveys

196

(1)

Longitudinal Surveys

196

(1)

Anatomy of a Nonexperimental Quantitative Research Study

197

(6)

Study Questions

203

(1)

Sample Test Questions

204

(2)

Experimental and Single-Subject Research Designs

206

(30)

Characteristics of Experimental Research

207

(1)

Experimental Validity

208

(6)

Internal Validity

208

(5)

External Validity

213

(1)

Types of Experimental Designs

214

(8)

Single-Group Posttest-Only Design

215

(1)

Single-Group Pretest-posttest Design

215

(1)

Nonequivalent-Groups Posttest-Only Design

216

(1)

Nonequivalent-Groups Pretest-Posttest Design

217

(2)

Randomized-Groups Posttest-Only Design

219

(1)

Randomized-Groups Pretest-Posttest Design

220

(1)

Factorial Designs

221

(1)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Experimental Research

222

(3)

Single-Subject Research

225

(3)

Characteristics of Single-Subject Research

225

(1)

Types of Single-Subject Designs

226

(2)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Single-Subject Research

228

(1)

Anatomy of an Experimental Research Study

229

(5)

Study Questions

234

(1)

Sample Test Questions

234

(2)

Analyzing Statistical Inferences

236

(15)

The Purpose and Nature of Inferential Statistics

237

(3)

Degree of Certainty

237

(1)

Estimating Errors in Sampling and Measurement

237

(1)

The Null Hypothesis

238

(2)

Interpreting Results of Inferential Tests

240

(7)

The t Test

241

(1)

Simple Analysis of Variance

242

(1)

Factorial Analysis of Variance

243

(1)

Analysis of Covariance

244

(1)

Multivariate Statistics

245

(1)

Chi-Square

245

(2)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Inferential Statistics

247

(1)

Study Questions

248

(1)

Sample Test Questions

249

(2)

Qualitative Research Designs

251

(36)

Characteristics of Qualitative Research

252

(3)

Natural Settings

253

(1)

Direct Data Collection

253

(1)

Rich Narrative Descriptions

253

(1)

Process Orientation

254

(1)

Inductive Data Analysis

254

(1)

Participant Perspectives

254

(1)

Emergent Research Design

255

(1)

Ethnographic Studies

255

(11)

Research Problem Statement

256

(1)

Entering the Research Site

257

(1)

Selecting Participants

258

(1)

Obtaining Data

258

(6)

Data Analysis

264

(2)

Case Studies

266

(3)

Research Problem Statement

267

(1)

Entering the Research Site

268

(1)

Selecting Participants

268

(1)

Obtaining Data

268

(1)

Data Analysis

269

(1)

Phenomenological Studies

269

(1)

Grounded Theory Studies

270

(2)

Credibility of Qualitative Research

272

(3)

Triangulation

272

(1)

Reliability

272

(1)

Internal Validity

273

(2)

External Validity

275

(1)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Qualitative Research

275

(1)

Anatomy of a Qualitative Research Study

276

(8)

Study Questions

284

(1)

Sample Test Questions

284

(3)

Analyzing Discussion and Conclusions

287

(16)

Purpose and Nature of the Discussion

288

(1)

Interpretation of the Results

288

(6)

Interpretation Related to the Problem and/or Hypothesis

288

(1)

Interpretation Related to Methodology

289

(2)

Interpretation Based on Statistical Procedures

291

(2)

Interpretation Related to Previous Research

293

(1)

Conclusions

294

(5)

Limitations

294

(4)

Recommendations and Implications

298

(1)

Consumer Tips: Criteria for Evaluating Discussion and Conclusion Sections

299

(2)

Study Questions

301

(1)

Sample Test Questions

301

(2)

The Intelligent Consumer: Putting It All Together

303

(63)

Questions for Quantitative Studies

304

(3)

Questions for Qualitative Studies

307

(2)

Examples of Research Articles

309

(57)

Article 1: A Study of Academic Time-on-Task in the Elementary School

309

(9)

Evaluation of Article 1

318

(5)

Article 2: Reducing Teacher Stress

323

(11)

Evaluation of Article 2

334

(5)

Article 3: Kindergarten Readiness and Retention: A Qualitative Study of Teachers' Beliefs and Practices

339

(25)

Evaluation of Article 3

364

(2)

Appendix: Answers to Sample Test Questions

366

(2)

References

368

(5)

Acknowledgments

373

(2)

Index

375

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Educational Research : Fundamentals for the Consumer

9780321023377

0321023374

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9780321023377

0321023374

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Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

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