Educational research : the interrelationship of questions, sampling, design, and analysis

"Researchers finally have a resource that focuses on the research question, providing them with a unique approach that will help in the field. Key Ideas sections presented in each chapter act as an organising mechanism and look at the big picture of that chapter. Many of the writing activities...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schreiber, James (Author), Asner-Self, Kimberly (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons , 2011
Series:Wiley/Jossey-Bass education
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to research design
  • 2. Scholar before researcher
  • 3. Problem areas and research questions
  • 4. Participant sampling and selection
  • 5. Believability in observation and measurement
  • 6. Instruments and collection
  • 7. Experimental and nonexperimental research design
  • 8. Qualitative design
  • 9. Analysis techniques: descriptive and inferential statistics
  • 10. Data analysis: Non-numeric data
  • 11. Program evaluation
  • 12. Writing the proposal of final report