Creswell, John W. <br/><br/>
Educational research :  planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research / 
John W. Creswell. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - Boston :  Pearson,  2012 
 - xxii, 650 p. :  ill. ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/>Part I. An introduction to educational research --<br/>chapter 1. The process of conducting research using quantitative and qualitative approaches --<br/>Part II. The steps in the process of research --<br/>chapter 2. Identifying a research problem --<br/>chapter 3. Reviewing the literature --<br/>chapter 4. Specifying a purpose and research questions or hypotheses --<br/>chapter 5. Collecting quantitative data --<br/>chapter 6. Analyzing and interpreting quantitative data --<br/>chapter 7. Collecting qualitative data --<br/>chapter 8. Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data --<br/>chapter 9. Reporting and evaluating research --<br/>Part III. Research designs --<br/>chapter 10. Experimental designs --<br/>chapter 11. Correlational designs --<br/>chapter 12. Survey designs --<br/>chapter 13. Grounded theory designs --<br/>chapter 14. Ethnographic designs --<br/>chapter 15. Narrative research designs --<br/>chapter 16. Mixed methods designs --<br/>chapter 17. Action research designs. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780131367395 0131367390 9780132613941 (pbk.) 0132613948 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education--Research--Methodology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370.72  / C923