Methods in educational research
Subtitle: from theory to practice
By: Marguerite G. Lodico, Dean T. Spaulding, and Katherine H. Voegtle.
Contributors: Spaulding, Dean T.; Voegtle, Katherine H.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2006
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780787979621
Subjects: Education -- Research -- Methodology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to educational research; title: Identifying and researching a topic; title: The research proposal; title: Measurement in educational research and assessment : pre-established instruments and archival data; title: Self developed measures and qualitative measurement; title: Working with participants : sampling and ethics; title: Descriptive-survey research; title: Experimental research; title: Non-experimental approaches : causal comparative and correlational research; title: Analyzing quantitative data; title: Qualitative research; title: Mixed and action research; title: Data analysis and evaluation of qualitative research; title: Program evaluation in education; title: Educational research can make a difference.