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Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research / John W. Creswell.

By: Creswell, John W.
Publisher: Boston : Pearson, c2012Edition: 4th ed. Int. ed.Description: xxii, 650 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9780132613941 (pbk.); 0132613948 (pbk.).Subject(s): Education -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 370.72
Contents:
Part I. An introduction to educational research -- ch. 1. The process of conducting research using quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Part II. The steps in the process of research -- ch. 2. Identifying a research problem -- ch. 3. Reviewing the literature -- ch. 4. Specifying a purpose and research questions or hypotheses -- ch. 5. Collecting quantitative data -- ch. 6. Analyzing and interpreting quantitative data -- ch. 7. Collecting qualitative data -- ch. 8. Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data -- ch. 9. Reporting and evaluating research -- Part III. Research designs -- ch. 10. Experimental designs -- ch. 11. Correlational designs -- ch. 12. Survey designs -- ch. 13. Grounded theory designs -- ch. 14. Ethnographic designs -- ch. 15. Narrative research designs -- ch. 16. Mixed methods designs -- ch. 17. Action research designs.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. An introduction to educational research -- ch. 1. The process of conducting research using quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Part II. The steps in the process of research -- ch. 2. Identifying a research problem -- ch. 3. Reviewing the literature -- ch. 4. Specifying a purpose and research questions or hypotheses -- ch. 5. Collecting quantitative data -- ch. 6. Analyzing and interpreting quantitative data -- ch. 7. Collecting qualitative data -- ch. 8. Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data -- ch. 9. Reporting and evaluating research -- Part III. Research designs -- ch. 10. Experimental designs -- ch. 11. Correlational designs -- ch. 12. Survey designs -- ch. 13. Grounded theory designs -- ch. 14. Ethnographic designs -- ch. 15. Narrative research designs -- ch. 16. Mixed methods designs -- ch. 17. Action research designs.