How to design and evaluate research in education / Jack R. Fraenkel, Norman Wallen, Helen H. Hyun.

PREFACE PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF RESEARCH PART 2 THE BASICS OF EDUCATION RESEARCH CHAPTER 2 THE RESEARCH PROBLEM CHAPTER 3 LOCATING AND REVIEWING THE LITERATURE CHAPTER 4 ETHICS AND RESEARCH CHAPTER 5 VARIABLES, HYPOTHESES, AND PROPOSITIONS CHAPTER 6 SAMPLING CHAPTER 7 INSTRUMENTATION CHAPTER 8 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY CHAPTER 9 INTERNAL VALIDITY PART 3 DATA ANALYSIS CHAPTER 10 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS CHAPTER 11 INFERENTIAL STATISTICS 213 CHAPTER 12 STATISTICS IN PERSPECTIVE PART 4 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES CHAPTER 13 EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH CHAPTER 14 SINGLE-SUBJECT RESEARCH CHAPTER 15 CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH CHAPTER 16 CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH CHAPTER 17 SURVEY RESEARCH PART 5 INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CHAPTER 18 THE NATURE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CHAPTER 19 OBSERVATION AND INTERVIEWING CHAPTER 20 CONTENT ANALYSIS PART 6 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES CHAPTER 22 HISTORICAL RESEARCH PART 7 MIXED-METHODS STUDIES CHAPTER 23 MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH PART 8 RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS CHAPTER 24 ACTION AND TEACHER RESEARCH PART 9 WRITING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS CHAPTER 25 PREPARING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS APPENDICES GLOSSARY INDEX.

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.