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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... High Schools : A Multiple Case Analysis Tobacco use is a leading cause of ... school students had risen from 27.5 percent in 1991 to 34.8 percent in 1995 ... high school ( e.g. , Heish- man et al . , 1997 ) . Other studies have focused on ...
... high school seniors studied in 1998 will be the same peo- ple studied in 2000 , 1 year after graduation , and again in 2002 , 2 years after graduation . One dis- advantage of a panel design is that individuals may be difficult to locate ...
... school , perhaps as a result of substance use problems or other high - risk behaviors . It is important to remember , however , that not only were there equal levels of reported marijuana use across the two schools , but the ...
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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