Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research

by Creswell, John W.

• ISBN13: 9780137905027
• ISBN10: 0137905025
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

"This book is the only introductory educational research text to offer a truly balanced and integrated treatment of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Written in clear and practical language, Educational Research will help its readers get started doing their own research and will also help them become better readers of research."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Part I An Overview of Educational Research	1	(64)
An Introduction to the Process of Research	2	(40)
Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches	42	(23)
Part II The Steps in the Process of Research	65	(246)
Identifying a Research Problem	66	(19)
Reviewing the Literature	85	(39)
Specifying a Purpose and Research Questions or Hypotheses	124	(34)
Collecting Quantitative Data	158	(32)
Collecting Qualitative Data	190	(30)
Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data	220	(36)
Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data	256	(28)
Reporting and Evaluating Research	284	(27)
Part III Research Designs	311	(2)
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs	313	(47)
Correlational Designs	360	(35)
Survey Designs	395	(43)
Grounded Theory Designs	438	(42)
Ethnographic Designs	480	(40)
Narrative Research Designs	520	(39)
Mixed Method Designs	559	(43)
Action Research Designs	602