Description How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education covers each step of the research process and discusses the most widely used research methodologies. It provides a comprehensive introduction to education research. End-of-chapter worksheets, comprehensive coverage of data analysis, and research tips make the text appropriate for courses that focus on doing research and for those that stress how to understand research.
Table of Contents Part 1 Introduction to Research
1 The Nature of Research
Part 2 The Basics of Educational Research
2 The Research Problem
3 Locating and Reviewing the Literature
4 Ethics and Research
5 Variables, Hypotheses, and Propositions
6 Sampling
7 Instrumentation
8 Validity and Reliability
9 Internal Validity
Part 3 Data Analysis
10 Descriptive Statistics
11 Inferential Statistics
12 Statistics in Perspective
Part 4 Quantitative Research Methodologies
13 Experimental Research