Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research
by
Creswell, John W.
Title
:
Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research
Author
:
Creswell, John W.
ISBN
:
9780136135500
9780132073080
Personal Author
:
Creswell, John W.
Edition
:
3rd ed.
Publication Information
:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, c2008.
Physical Description
:
xvii, 670 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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.
Abstract
:
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Education -- Research -- Methodology.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025440658 | 370.72 C923E 2008 | 1 |