Research in education
/ Best, John W.
- 10th ed.
- New Delhi : Pearson Education, 2008
- xviii, 510 p.
includes appendix and index
1. Part 1: introduction to educational research: definitions, research problems, proposals and report writing 2. Fundamentals of research 3. Selecting a problem and preparing a research proposal 4. The research report 5. Part 2: research methods 6. Historical research 7. Descriptive studies: assessment, evaluation and research 8. Experimental and quasi-experimental research 9. Single subject experimental research 10. Qualitative research 11. Methods and tools of research 12. Part 3: data analysis 13. Descriptive data analysis 14. Inferential data analysis 15. Computer data analysis