Fundamentals Of Educational Research: A Guide to Completing A Master's Thesis

, by Glanz, Jeffrey

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ISBN: 9781929024902 | 1929024908
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/1/2005

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Note to the Student

viii

Preface

Part One: Preparing to Conduct Research for a Thesis Project

(38)

Module 1: The Stress of Undertaking a Master's Thesis

(8)

Module 2: Time Management

(4)

Module 3: Writing Suggestions

(5)

Module 4: Ethics of Research

(8)

Module 5: Preliminary Review of the Literature in Search of a Topic

(12)

Part Two: Overview of Research in Education

(36)

Module 1: A Paradigm for Research

(15)

Module 2: The Steps of Educational Research

(4)

Module 3: Steps in Writing the Proposal

(9)

Module 4: Steps in Writing the Thesis

(7)

Part Three: Thesis Overview---Chapter 1 of Thesis: Introduction

(26)

Module 1: Selecting a Topic/Title

(12)

Module 2: Identifying Research Questions

(6)

Module 3: Formulating Hypotheses

(7)

Part Four: Thesis Overview---Chapter 2 of Thesis: Literature Review

101

(22)

Module 1: Understanding Published Research Articles

102

(15)

Module 2: Writing the Literature Review

117

(6)

Part Five: Thesis Overview---Chapter 3 of Thesis, Section 1: Research Design I

123

(28)

Module 1: Choosing a Research Design and Research Plan

124

(27)

Part Six: Thesis Overview---Chapter 3 of Thesis, Section 2: Research Design 2---Quantitative Approaches

151

(16)

Module 1: Descriptive Research

152

(4)

Module 2: Correlation Research

156

(4)

Module 3: Group Comparison Research

160

(7)

Part Seven: Thesis Overview---Chapter 3 of Thesis, Section 3: Research Design 3---Qualitative Approaches

167

(14)

Module 1: Historical Research

168

(3)

Module 2: Ethnographic Research

171

(3)

Module 3: Case Study Research

174

(7)

Part Eight: Thesis Overview---Chapter 3 of Thesis, Section 4: Research Design 4---Data Collection

181

(40)

Module 1: Writing Questionnaires

182

(6)

Module 2: Conducting Observations

188

(17)

Module 3: Conducting Interviews and Group Focuses

205

(5)

Module 4: Examining Test Data

210

(2)

Module 5: Other Means to Collect Data

212

(2)

Module 6: Validity and Reliability of Instruments

214

(7)

Part Nine: Thesis Overview---Chapter 3 of Thesis, Section 5: Research Design 5---Quantitative Data Analysis

221

(36)

Module 1: Statistical Analyses

222

(12)

Module 2: The t-Test

234

(4)

Module 3: The Sign Test

238

(4)

Module 4: The Mann-Whitney U-Test

242

(4)

Module 5: The Chi Square Test and Other Statistics

246

(6)

Module 6: Using SPSS or STATPAK

252

(5)

Part Ten: Thesis Overview---Chapter 3 of Thesis, Section 6: Research Design 6---Qualitative Data Analysis

257

(8)

Module 1: Analytic Procedures

258

(7)

Part Eleven: Thesis Overview---Chapter 3 of Thesis, Section 7: Research Design 7---Results

265

(16)

Module 1: Presenting Results

266

(15)

Part Twelve: Thesis Overview---Chapter 4 of Thesis---Implications for Practice/Research

281

(16)

Module 1: Specifying Limitations

282

(3)

Module 2: Interpreting Data

285

(4)

Module 3: Drawing Conclusions/Discussion

289

(4)

Module 4: Implications for Practice

293

(2)

Module 5: Implications for Further Research

295

(2)

Part Thirteen: Putting It All Together

297

(28)

Module 1: Writing the Thesis

298

(2)

Module 2: Incorporating APA

300

(8)

Module 3: Writing the Abstract

308

(5)

Module 4: Advice and Suggestions

313

(6)

Module 5: Evaluating the Thesis

319

(2)

Module 6: Becoming an Intelligent Consumer of Research

321

(4)

References

325

(4)

Glossary

329

(24)

Test Bank

353

(28)

Appendix A: Sample IRB Application

381

(4)

Appendix B: Sample Parental Consent Form

385

(2)

Appendix C: Sample Research Proposal

387

(20)

Appendix D: Sample Thesis

407

(34)

Index

441

(2)

About the Author

443

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