Research methods for education / [print]
Gregory J. Privitera, Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell.
- Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Incorporated, (c)2019.
- xxv, 649, A-84, G-18, R-10, I-12 pages ; charts, graphs ; 26 cm
SECTION 1: South CarolinaIENTIFIC IndianaQUIRY
Introduction to Scientific Thinking -- Generating Testable Ideas -- Research Ethics -- Scientific Variables, Validity, and Reliability -- Instrumentation -- Sampling From Populations -- Choosing a Research Design -- Naturalistic and Existing Data Research Designs -- Survey and Correlational Research Designs -- Introduction to Qualitative Research -- Phenomenology, Ethnography, and Ground Theory Designs -- Narrative inquiry, Case Study, and Critical Theory Designs -- Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Experimental Designs -- Experimental Designs: Between Subjects, Within Subjects, and Factorial -- Mixed-Methods Research Designs -- Action Research -- Program Evaluation -- Analysis and Interpretation: Exposition of Data -- Analysis and Interpretation: Making Inferences About Quantitative Data -- Analysis and Interpretation: Making Inferences About Quantitative Data -- Communicating Research: Preparing Manuscripts, Posters, and Talks.
"From award-winning author Gregory J. Privitera and Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell, Research Methods for Education covers the range of different quantitative and qualitative research methods specific to their use in educational research. This new text uses a problem-focused approach in a way that fully integrates the decision tree-from choosing a research design to selecting an appropriate statistic for analysis."