Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches

✍ Scribed by Robert Burke Johnson, Larry B. Christensen

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1840
• Edition: 7
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches by R. Burke Johnson and Larry Christensen offers a comprehensive, easily digestible introduction to research methods for undergraduate and graduate students. Readers will develop an understanding of the multiple research methods and strategies used in education and related fields, including how to read and critically evaluate published research and how to write a proposal, construct a questionnaire, and conduct an empirical research study on their own. The Seventh Edition maintains the features that made this book a best-seller, including attention-grabbing chapter-opening vignettes, lively examples that engage student interest, a conversational and friendly writing style, and more. With the support of this highly readable text, readers will transform into critical consumers and users of research.

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✦ Table of Contents

Half Title
Publisher Note
Title Page
Copyright Page
Brief Contents
Detailed Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I Introduction
1 Introduction to Educational Research
2 Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research
3 Action Research for Lifelong Learning
Part II Planning the Research Study
4 How to Critically Review the Literature and Develop Good Research Questions
5 How to Write a Research Proposal
6 Research Ethics
Part III Foundations of Research
7 Standardized Measurement and Assessment
8 Methods of Data Collection in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research
9 How to Construct a Questionnaire
10 Sampling in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research
11 Validity of Research Results in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research
Part IV Selecting a Research Method Section A. Quantitative Research Methods: Five Major Approaches
12 Section A. Quantitative Research Methods: Five Major ApproachesExperimental Research Weak and Strong Designs
13 Experimental Research Quasi and Single-Case Designs
14 Nonexperimental Quantitative Research
15 Section B. Qualitative Research Methods: Five Major ApproachesNarrative Inquiry and Case Study Research
16 Phenomenology, Ethnography, and Grounded Theory
17 Section C. Mixed Methods Research: Many ApproachesMixed Research
Part V Analyzing the Data
18 Descriptive Statistics
19 Inferential Statistics
20 Data Analysis in Qualitative and Mixed Research
Part VI Writing the Research Report
21 How to Prepare a Research Report and Use APA Style Guidelines
Appendix Citations for Journal Articles Noted in the Margins
Glossary
References
Index
Subject Index
About the Authors