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How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 7/e

Jack R. Fraenkel, San Francisco State University
Norman E. Wallen, San Francisco State University

ISBN: 0073525960
Copyright year: 2009

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PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
      Chapter1: The Nature of Educational Research
PART 2: THE BASICS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
      Chapter 2: The Basics of Educational Research
      Chapter 3: Variables and Hypotheses
      Chapter 4: Ethics and Research
      Chapter 5: Locating and Reviewing Literature
      Chapter 6: Sampling
      Chapter 7: Instrumentation
      Chapter 8: Validity and Reliability
      Chapter 9: Internal Validity
PART 3: DATA ANALYSIS
      Chapter 10: Descriptive Statistics
      Chapter 11: Inferential Statistics
      Chapter 12: Statistics in Perspective
PART 4: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
      Chapter 13: Experimental Research
      Chapter 14: Single-Subject Research
      Chapter 15: Correlational Research
      Chapter 16: Causal-Comparative Research
      Chapter 17: Survey Research
PART 5: INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
      Chapter 18: The Nature of Qualitative Research
      Chapter 19: Observation and Interviewing
      Chapter 20: Content Analysis Research
PART 6: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
      Chapter 21: Ethnographic Research
      Chapter 22: Historical Research
PART 7: MIXED-METHODS STUDIES
      Chapter 23: Mixed-Methods Research
PART 8: RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS
      Chapter 24: Action Research
PART 9: WRITING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS
      Chapter 25: Preparing Research Proposals and Reports
Appendix A: Portion of a Table of Random Numbers
Appendix B: Selected Values from a Normal Curve Table
Appendix C: Chi-Square Distribution
Appendix D: Using SPSS

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