Educational research
Subtitle: planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research
By: John W. Creswell.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 670
ISBN-13: 9780136135500; 9780132073080
Subjects: Education -- Research -- Methodology
Description: "This book is the only introductory educational research text to offer a truly balanced and integrated treatment of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Written in clear and practical language, Educational Research will help its readers get started doing their own research and will also help them become better readers of research."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 650-658) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The process of conducting research; title: Quantitative and qualitative approaches; title: Identifying a research problem; title: Reviewing the literature; title: Specifying a purpose and research questions or hypotheses; title: Collecting quantitative data; title: Analyzing and interpreting quantitative data; title: Collecting qualitative data; title: Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data; title: Reporting and evaluating research; title: Experimental designs; title: Correlational designs; title: Survey designs; title: Grounded theory designs; title: Ethnographic designs; title: Narrative research designs; title: Mixed methods designs; title: Action research designs.