Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research / John W. Creswell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: India : Pearson Education, ©2015.Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xix, 650 pages : 25 cmISBN:
  • 97832549470 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.72
LOC classification:
  • 370.72
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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