Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications (10th Edition)
Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications,tenth editionLorrie R. Gay and Geoff Mills  Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications,tenth edition, is a practical text focused on the skills needed by competent consumers and producers of educational research. The tenth edition includes: A clear, down-to-earth approach·    The accessible writing style, clear and concise explanations, and humorous tone demystify the research process.·    Tasks are included throughout the text to guide students through the process of creating their own research report.·    Examples of published research are included ineveryresearch methods chapter.Additional coverage of technology throughout the text including TheDigital Research Tools for the 21stCenturyfeature that introduces novel tools and methods researchers can use to make the process of doing research easier or more efficient like using speech recognition programs to save time transcribing interviews (see Chapter 15).·    A new section on the evaluation of internet sources (see Chapter 3).·    Step-by-step directions for an ERIC EBSCO search that maximizes the power of university library consortium agreements to identify fully online journal articles (Chapter 3).Updated chapters on Descriptive and Inferential Statistics (12 and 13) that reflect new versions of SPSS and Excel.