Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative ResearchFor Introduction to Educational Research courses. The only introduction to offer balanced, inclusive, integrated treatment of educational research, this text comprehensively addresses both quantitative and qualitative approaches, with the goal of starting students on the path to doing their own research as well as evaluating the research of others. After an overview of the nature of educational research, eight chapters explore specific steps in the research processfrom identifying a problem through reporting one's findings. Coverage closes with eight research design chaptersexperimental, correlational, survey, grounded theory, ethnography, narrative, mixed methods, and action research. |
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... Data Collection Forms of Data Collection Observations Interviews and questionnaires Documents Type of Data Fieldnotes and drawings Transcriptions of open - ended interviews or open - ended questions on questionnaires Hand - recorded ...
... collect data , appraising individuals of the purpose of your study , and guaranteeing protection of the site and participants as you con- duct the inquiry . If you plan to use the zigzag approach to data collection and analysis , it is ...
... collect both quanti- tative and qualitative data . A broader picture of data forms , introduced earlier in Chapters 6 and 8 , is shown in Table 17.1 . In this table , the columns show ... Data Collection and 518 PART III Research Designs.
Contents
An Introduction to Educational Research | 1 |
Several Problems with Research Today | 7 |
Applying the Research Process to Actual Studies | 14 |
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Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and ... John W. Creswell No preview available - 2005 |