Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research /

Creswell, John W.

Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research / John W. Creswell. - Fourth edition. - India : Pearson Education, ©2015. - xix, 650 pages : 25 cm.

The process of conducting research -- Quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Identifying a research problem
Reviewing the literature -- Specifying a purpose and research questions or hypotheses -- Collecting quantitative data
Analyzing and interpreting quantitative data -- Collecting qualitative data -- Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data
Reporting and evaluating research -- Experimental designs -- Correlational designs --Survey designs -- Grounded theory --designs -- Ethnographic designs -- Narrative research designs -- Mixed methods designs -- Action research designs.


This book is the only introductory educational research text to offer a truly balanced and integrated treatment of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Written in clear and practical language, Educational Research will help its readers get started doing their own research and will also help them become better readers of research

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Education Research Methodology.
Research.
Collecting quantitative data.
Quantitative and qualitative approaches.

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