Educational research : quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches / Burke Johnson, Larry Christensen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Introduction. Introduction to educational research -- Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research -- part II. Planning the research study. How to review the literature and develop research questions -- How to write a research proposal -- Research ethics -- part III. Foundations of research. Standardized measurement and assessment -- How to construct a questionnaire -- Methods of data collection -- Sampling in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research -- Validity of research results in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research -- part IV. Selecting a research method. Experimental research -- Quasi-experimental and single-case designs -- Nonexperimental quantitative research -- Qualitative research -- Historical research -- Mixed research -- part V. Analyzing the data. Descriptive statistics -- Inferential statistics -- Data analysis in qualitative and mixed research -- part VI. Writing the research report. How to prepare a research report and use APA style guidelines.

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