Methods of educational and social science research : an integrated approach

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Author:

Krathwohl, David R.

ISBN:

9780801320293

Personal Author:

Krathwohl, David R.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Longman, c1998.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 742 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Sect. 1. The Nature of Research. Ch. 1. An Introduction to Two Contrasting Research Styles. Ch. 2. The Variety of Research Methods. Ch. 3. From Findings to Knowledge. Ch. 4. The Research Chain of Reasoning -- Sect. 2. Foundational Research Skills. Ch. 5. Finding Research Problems. Ch. 6. Finding Links to Past Research: The Literature Review -- Sect. 3. Foundational Research Concepts. Ch. 7. Causal Inference and Internal Validity. Ch. 8. Sampling, Representation, and External Validity. Ch. 9. Research Criteria to Optimize and Constraints to Observe. Ch. 10. Ethical Standards and Legal Constraints -- Sect. 4. The Continuum of Research Methods: Qualitative End. Ch. 11. Qualitative Research Methods. Ch. 12. Fieldwork and Observation. Ch. 13. Interviewing. Ch. 14. Qualitative Data Analysis. Ch. 15. Conclusions, Reporting, and Quality Considerations in Qualitative Research -- Sect. 5. The Continuum of Research Methods: Qualitative-Quantitative Middle.

Ch. 16. Survey Research and Questionnaires -- Sect. 6. The Continuum of Research Methods: Quantitative End. Ch. 17. The Numeric Description of Data: Descriptive Statistics. Ch. 18. Measurement, Testing, and Observation. Ch. 19. The Nature and Logic of Inferential Statistics. Ch. 20. Experimental Methods and Experimental Design. Ch. 21. Meta-Analysis - Synthesis of Findings -- Sect. 7. Examples of Fields Applying Basic Methods. Ch. 22. Historical Research. Ch. 23. Evaluation Studies and Action Research -- Sect. 8. The Larger Context of Research. Ch. 24. Optimizing Research Effectiveness Through Multiple Methods. Ch. 25. The Macrosystem of Educational and Social Science Research -- Appendix. Writing a Research Proposal.

Subject Term:

Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.

Social sciences -- Statistical methods.

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Summary

Designed to better serve master's level students while meeting needs of doctoral level students in educational research methods, this text provides a comprehensive framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating studies. The only text of its kind to be modeled around the concept of "how research becomes accepted as knowledge," it offers substantial treatment of research by practitioners (Ch. 23). The Qualitative End (expanded from 5 chapters to Sec. 4); The Qualitative/Quantitative Middle (represented by survey research - Sec. 5); and The Quantitative End (Section 6) help readers realize that they are not confined to either one or the other, but may choose from, merge, and creatively adapt them. In the new edition, the discussion of meta-analysis has been expanded to chapter length (Ch. 21) and the ethics coverage (Ch. 10) is introduced before the research approaches chapters. New appendix on writing a research proposal helpful to doctoral and masters students doing theses. Best used by professors wanting a comprehensive, weighty text.