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Educational research : an introduction

Meredith D. Gall, Joyce P. Gall, Walter R. Borg

(Pearson international edition)

Pearson, c2007

8th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Educational Research: An Introduction, Eighth Edition, is the most comprehensive and widely respected text for scholars and for the preparation of graduate-level students who need to understand educational research in depth and conduct original research for a dissertation or thesis. A comprehensive introduction to the major research methods and types of data analysis used today, this text provides in-depth coverage of all facets of research, from the epistemology of quantitative and qualitative scientific inquiry to the design, data collection, analysis, and reporting of a completed study.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION. 1. The Nature of Educational Research II. PLANNING A RESEARCH STUDY. 2. The Research Process: From Proposal to Final Report 3. Ethics and Site Relations 4. Reviewing the Literature III. RESEARCH METHODS. 5. Statistical Techniques 6. Selecting a Sample 7. Collecting Research Data with Tests and Self-Report Measures 8. Collecting Research Data with Questionnaires and Interviews 9. Collecting Research Data through Observation and Content Analysis IV. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN. 10. Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Causal-Comparative Designs 11. Nonexperimental Research: Correlational Designs 12. Experiment Research: Designs, Part 1 13. Experimental Research: Designs, Part 2 V. APPROACHES TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH. 14. Case Study Research 15. Qualitative Research Traditions 16. Historical Research VI. APPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH. 17. Evaluation Research 18. Action Research

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