L. R. Gay, Deceased
Peter Airasian, Boston College

Published June, 1999 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 2000, 661 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-096103-5

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For courses in Research Methods/Educational Research. This market-leading text offers all the skills and procedures students need to become competent consumers and producers of educational research. It uses a direct, step-by-step approach to the topic, while placing a strong emphasis on evaluation of student performance. The accessible writing style and light, humorous tone demystify this demanding course. This comprehensive instructional resource encompasses the full spectrum of the field, making it appropriate as a core text for an introductory course in educational research.




NEW—Significant expansion of the coverage of qualitative methods—Including two new chapters on data collection and qualitative data analysis. (Ch. 6 & 7)

• Reflects current trend in practice.

NEW—New chapter on Action Research (Ch.17).

• Reflects current trend in practice.

NEW—New feature called Using Technology—Allows students to look at how technology is and can be used to conduct and understand research.
NEW—New Simulation Software features four psychological experiments—In which the students act as participants in each experiment and can then explore research concepts that are connected to those experiments.

• Helps students experience the research process.

Series of tasks connected to each major part of the text—Help students develop a complete research proposal.

• Concrete guide to practice.

The accessible writing style and humorous tone combined with the incredibly accurate and rigorous textual content—Gives readers a clear accessible picture of both how to do and how to read educational research.

• Helps students understand a complex topic.

Includes free Statpak—Which is customized to the text with printouts illustrated within the book.

• Makes statistics more concrete.

Contains numerous research articles—Throughout the text for students to read and evaluate.

• Helps students become effective consumers of research.
  
  

I. INTRODUCTION.

1. Introduction to Educational Research.

II. RESEARCH PROBLEMS.

2. Selection and Definition of a Problem.

III. RESEARCH PLANS.

3. Preparation and Evaluation of a Research Plan.

IV. RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS: SAMPLES

4. Selection of a Sample.

V. INSTRUMENTS.

5. Selection of Measuring Instruments.

VI. TYPES OF RESEARCH.

6. Qualitative Research: Data Collection.
7. Qualitative Research: Data Analysis.
8. Descriptive Research.
9. Correlational Research.
10. Causal-Comparative Research.
11. Experimental Research.

VII. DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION, OR ... THE WORD IS “STATISTICS,” NOT “SADISTICS”.

12. Descriptive Statistics.
13. Inferential Statistics.
14. Postanalysis Considerations.

VIII. RESEARCH REPORTS.

15. Preparation of a Research Report.

IX. RESEARCH CRITIQUES.

16. Evaluation of a Research Report.

X. ACTION RESEARCH IN THE SCHOOLS.

17. Research in the Schools

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