Educational Research: An Introduction

Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION. 1. The Nature of Educational Research II. PLANNING A RESEARCH STUDY. 2. The Research Process: From Proposal to Final Report 3. Ethics and Site Relations 4. Reviewing the Literature III. RESEARCH METHODS. 5. Statistical Techniques 6. Selecting a Sample 7. Collecting Research Data with Tests and Self-Report Measures 8. Collecting Research Data with Questionnaires and Interviews 9. Collecting Research Data through Observation and Content Analysis IV. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN. 10. Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Causal-Comparative Designs 11. Nonexperimental Research: Correlational Designs 12. Experiment Research: Designs, Part 1 13. Experimental Research: Designs, Part 2 V. APPROACHES TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH. 14. Case Study Research 15. Qualitative Research Traditions 16. Historical Research VI. APPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH. 17. Evaluation Research 18. Action Research