Conducting Educational Research,9780155054776

Conducting Educational Research

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Edition: 5th
ISBN13: 9780155054776
ISBN10: 0155054775
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-01-01
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

This text focuses on analyzing and critically evaluating published research. The text includes a checklist, sample study, and research problems that are already worked out. This fifth edition features instructions and descriptions for running statistical tests using the personal computer and the software program SPSS. The text also includes expanded coverage of qualitative data collection methods. Smaller changes include more information on the ethical requirements for researchers and discussion of the use of meta-analysis and techniques for employing a wider range of research designs.

Table of Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1(24)
Chapter 1 The Role of Research
3(22)
PART 2 LOGICAL STAGES: FROM PROBLEM-POSING TO PREDICTING 25(104)
Chapter 2 Selecting a Problem
27(20)
Chapter 3 Reviewing the Literature
47(25)
Chapter 4 Constructing Hypotheses
72(20)
Chapter 5 Identifying and Labeling Variables
92(19)
Chapter 6 Constructing Operational Definitions of Variables
111(18)
PART 3 METHODOLOGICAL STAGES: DESIGNING AND MEASURING 129(150)
Chapter 7 Identifying Techniques for Manipulating and Controlling Variables
131(27)
Chapter 8 Constructing Research Designs
158(39)
Chapter 9 Identifying and Describing Procedures for Observation and Measurement
197(39)
Chapter 10 Constructing and Using Questionnaires and Interview Schedules
236(43)
PART 4 CONCLUDING STAGES: ANALYZING AND WRITING 279(90)
Chapter 11 Carrying Out Statistical Analyses
281(43)
Chapter 12 Writing a Research Report
324(45)
PART 5 ADDITIONAL APPROACHES 369(58)
Chapter 13 Conducting Evaluation Studies
371(23)
Chapter 14 Qualitative Research: Case Study or Ethnography
394(33)
PART 6 THE RESEARCHER AS "CONSUMER" 427(42)
Chapter 15 Analyzing and Critiquing a Research Study
429(40)
PART 7 APPENDIXES 469(108)
Appendix A Sample Studies
471(38)
Appendix B Performance Evaluation Worksheets
509(18)
Appendix C Tables
527(12)
Appendix D Answers
539(30)
Appendix E Worksheets for Performing Statistical Tests
569(8)
REFERENCES 577(6)
INDEXES 583

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