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How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education

ISBN: 9780072532494 | 0072532491
Edition: 5th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
Pub. Date: 6/1/2002

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SummaryTable of Contents
This text provides a comprehensive introduction to educational research. Each step in the research process is described and discussed in detail, and thorough coverage of the most widely-used research methodologies in education is provided. New to this edition is an expanded focus on qualitative methods. New Parts V and VI provide an expanded introduction to qualitative methods, and take a close look at different qualitative methodologies. Also new is an enhanced chapter on Action Research. Examples of key concepts and ideas in all chapters highlight the text's practicability, and step-by-step analyses of real research studies, and. End-of-chapter Problem Sheets, comprehensive coverage of data analysis, and how to prepare research proposals and reports make the text appropriate both for courses that focus on doing research and for those that stress how to read and understand research. To keep students engaged, the authors' writing is simple and direct. Clarifying examples, summarizing charts, tables and diagrams, numerous illustrations of key concepts and ideas,
Prefacexvii
PART 1 Introduction to Research1(24)
The Nature of Educational Research
2(23)
PART 2 The Basics of Educational Research25(172... MORE
The Research Problem
26(12)
Variables and Hypotheses
38(16)
Ethics and Research
54(14)
Review of the Literature
68(26)
Sampling
94(22)
Instrumentation
116(40)
Validity and Reliability
156(20)
Internal Validity
176(21)
PART 3 Data Analysis197(68)
Descriptive Statistics
198(28)
Inferential Statistics
226(26)
Statistics in Perspective
252(13)
PART 4 Quantitative Research Methodologies265(162)
Experimental Research
266(40)
Single-Subject Research
306(30)
Correlational Research
336(30)
Causal-Comparative Research
366(28)
Survey Research
394(33)
PART 5 Introduction to Qualitative Research427(82)
The Nature of Qualitative Research
428(20)
Observation and Interviewing
448(32)
Content Analysis
480(29)
PART 6 Qualitative Research Methodologies509(60)
Ethnographic Research
510(36)
Historical Research
546(23)
PART 7 Research by Practitioners569(30)
Action Research
570(29)
PART 8 Writing Research Proposals and Reports599(1)
Preparing Research Proposals and Reports
600
Appendixes1(1)
Appendix A Portion of a Table of Random Numbers
2(2)
Appendix B Selected Values From a Normal Curve Table
4(1)
Appendix C Chi-Square Distribution
5(1)
Appendix D Illustration of Statistical Procedures
6
Glossary1(1)
Index1

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