Looseleaf for How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education

PREFACE

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF RESEARCH

PART 2 THE BASICS OF EDUCATION RESEARCH
CHAPTER 2 THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
CHAPTER 3 LOCATING AND REVIEWING THE LITERATURE 
CHAPTER 4 ETHICS AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER 5 VARIABLES, HYPOTHESES, AND PROPOSITIONS 
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 213 
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 

PART 6 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
CHAPTER 22 HISTORICAL RESEARCH 

PART 7 MIXED-METHODS STUDIES
CHAPTER 23 MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH 

PART 8 RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS
CHAPTER 24 ACTION AND TEACHER RESEARCH 

PART 9 WRITING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS
CHAPTER 25 PREPARING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS 

APPENDICES 
GLOSSARY
INDEX