TY - BOOK AU - Wiersma,William AU - Jurs,Stephen G. TI - Research methods in education : : an introduction / SN - 0205406092 U1 - 370/.7/2 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson/A and B KW - Education KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Educational research : its nature and characteristics ; Identification of a research problem ; The review of the literature ; Research design in quantitative research ; Experimental research ; Quasi-experimental research ; Nonexperimental quantitative research ; Research design in qualitative research ; Historical research ; Ethnographic research ; Mixed, modeling, and Delphi methods ; Sampling designs ; Measurement and data collection ; Data analysis : descriptive statistics ; Data analysis : inferential statistics ; Communicating about research ; Evaluating research reports ER -