Research methods in education
Subtitle: an introduction
By: William Wiersma, Stephen G. Jurs.
Contributors: Jurs, Stephen G.
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Pearson/A and B
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
Subjects: Education -- Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Educational research : its nature and characteristics; title: Identification of a research problem; title: The review of the literature; title: Research design in quantitative research; title: Experimental research; title: Quasi-experimental research; title: Nonexperimental quantitative research; title: Research design in qualitative research; title: Historical research; title: Ethnographic research; title: Mixed, modeling, and Delphi methods; title: Sampling designs; title: Measurement and data collection; title: Data analysis : descriptive statistics; title: Data analysis : inferential statistics; title: Communicating about research; title: Evaluating research reports.