| Edition |
Sixth edition |
| Description |
xxix, 709 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction to Educational Research -- 2. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research -- 3. Action Research for Lifelong Learning -- Part II: Planning the Research Study -- 4. How to Review the Literature and Develop Research Questions -- 5. How to Write a Research Proposal -- 6. Research Ethics -- Part III: Foundations of Research -- 7. Standardized Measurement and Assessment -- 8. How to Construct a Questionnaire -- 9. Methods of Data Collection -- 10. Sampling in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research -- 11. Validity of Research Results in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research -- Part IV: Selecting a Research Method -- Section A: Quantitative Research Methods: Five Major Approaches -- 12. Experimental Research: Weak and Strong Designs -- 13. Experimental research: Quasi and Single-Case Designs -- 14. Nonexperimental Quantitative Research -- Section B: Qualitative Research Methods: Five Major Approaches -- 15. Narrative inquiry and case study research / D. Jean Clandinin and R. Burke Johnson -- 16. Phenomenology, Ethnography, and Grounded Theory -- Section C: Mixed Methods Research: Many Possibilities -- 17. Mixed Research -- Part V: Analyzing the Data -- 18. Descriptive Statistics -- 19. Inferential Statistics -- 20. Data Analysis in Qualitative and Mixed Research -- Part VI: Writing the Research Report -- 21. How to Prepare a Research Report and Use APA Style Guidelines -- Appendix: Citations for Journal Articles Noted in the Margins. |
| Subject |
Education -- Research
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| Added Author |
Christensen, Larry B., 1941-
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| ISBN |
9781506386591 (International edition) |
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