How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education

Part One: Introduction to Research Chapter 1: The Nature of Educational Research Part Two: The Basics of Educational Research Chapter 2: The Research Problem Chapter 3: Ethics and Research Chapter 4: Variables and Hypotheses Chapter 5: Reviewing the Literature Chapter 6: Sampling Chapter 7: Instrumentation Chapter 8: Validity and Reliability Chapter 9: Internal Validity Part Three: Data Analysis Chapter 10: Descriptive Statistics Chapter 11: Inferential Statistics Chapter 12: Statistics in Perspective Part Four: Research Methodologies: I Chapter 13: Experimental Research Chapter 14: Single-Subject Research Chapter 15: Correlational Research Chapter 16: Causal-Comparative Research Chapter 17: Survey Research Part Five: Research Methodologies: II Chapter 18: Content Analysis Research Chapter 19: Qualitative Research: I Chapter 20: Qualitative Research: II Chapter 21: Historical Research Part Six: Preparing Research Proposals and Reports Chapter 22: Writing Research Proposals and Reports Part Seven: Research by Practitioners Chapter 23: Doing Research in Schools Appendix A: Table of Random Numbers Appendix B: Normal Curve Table Appendix C: Chi-Square Distribution Appendix D: Illustration of Statistical Procedures