In the new edition, I have added an early chapter on action research (Chapter 3) and I discuss action research at the end of the remaining chapters to make the material "relevant." I added a little more material on qualitative research to give it full balance. I added a few new terms such as RCT, autoethnography, nonmaleficence, and beneficence, and I updated all chapters to reflect current thinking in educational research.
Part I: Introduction 1
1. Introduction to Educational Research 2
2. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research 29
3. Action Research for Lifelong Learning 59
Part II: Planning the Research Study 81
4. How to Review the Literature and
Develop Research Questions 82
5. How to Write a Research Proposal 111
6. Research Ethics 124
Part III: Foundations of Research 157
7. Standardized Measurement and Assessment 158
8. How to Construct a Questionnaire 190
9. Six Major Methods of Data Collection 223
10. Sampling in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research 247
11. Validity of Research Results in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research 277
Part IV: Selecting a Research Method 317
Section A: Quantitative Research Methods:
Five Major Approaches 318
12. Experimental Research: Weak and Strong Designs 318
Brief Contents
13. Experimental Research: Quasi and
Single-Case Designs 355
14. Nonexperimental Quantitative Research 384
Section B: Qualitative Research Methods: Five
Major Approaches Plus Historical Research 417
15. Narrative Inquiry and Case Study Research 417
D. Jean Clandinin and R. Burke Johnson
16. Phenomenology, Ethnography, and Grounded Theory 442
17. Historical Research 466
Section C: Mixed Methods Research: Many Approaches 485
18. Mixed Research 485
Part V: Analyzing the Data 515
19. Descriptive Statistics 516
20. Inferential Statistics 548
21. Data Analysis in Qualitative and Mixed Research 586
Part VI: Writing the Research Report 619
22. How to Prepare a Research Report and
Use APA Style Guidelines 620
Appendix: Citations for Journal Articles Noted in the Margins 651
Glossary 657
References 677
Author Index 690
Subject Index 695
About the Authors 712
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