Title:
Getting started in your educational research : design, data production and analysis
Author:
Opie, Clive, 1953- editor.
ISBN:
9781526424013
9781526424020
Physical Description:
xxiii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Carrying out educational research : the start of your journey / Research, theory and worldviews / Framing the research / Literature review / Ethics / Judging the quality of educational research / Write or wrong? Conventions and myths in academic literacy / Research approaches / Research procedures / Analysing and presenting your research data / Understanding and applying qualitative data analysis / Using NVivo in your research / Understanding quantitative data analysis / Using Excel/SPSS in your research
Abstract:
A one-stop shop for anyone undertaking educational research for the first time, this text focuses on the development and application of key skills necessary for successful research. Packed with useful exercises, checklists and case studies, this book will allow the reader to apply their skills across a range of essays, presentations and reports. Using digestible language to explain complex terminology and processes simply, the authors explore working with and presenting data and the software options available to students, including NVivo, SPSS and Excel.
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