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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... relationship between variables , rather than prove the relationship . A theory in quantitative research explains and predicts the probable relationship between independent and dependent variables . For example , researchers test the ...
... relationship As a theoretical rationaleposed by other authors based on studies for relationship An explanation posed by the author as a hunch for why independent variable relates to dependent variable Broad Abstractions Narrow ...
... relationship between two or more variables . Relationship questions seek to answer the degree and magnitude of the relationship between two or more variables . These ques- tions often relate different types of variables in a study ...
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 |