Reading educational research
Subtitle: how to avoid getting statistically snookered
By: Gerald W. Bracey.
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Education -- Research -- United States; Educational statistics -- United States
Description: Stats, stats, stats. It seems everything written about education today is full of stats. With this book, nimble-minded number cruncher and award-winning researcher Gerald Bracey takes your hand and walks you through the process of figuring out the meaning behind the figures. You don't need to be a math whiz to follow Bracey because he writes with clarity and humor, explicitly defining statistical terminology in easy-to-understand language and even offering you thirty-two specific principles for assessing the quality of research as you read it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.