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Creswell, John W.

Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research / John W. Creswell. - 4th ed. - Boston : Pearson, 2012 - xxii, 650 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Part I. An introduction to educational research --
chapter 1. The process of conducting research using quantitative and qualitative approaches --
Part II. The steps in the process of research --
chapter 2. Identifying a research problem --
chapter 3. Reviewing the literature --
chapter 4. Specifying a purpose and research questions or hypotheses --
chapter 5. Collecting quantitative data --
chapter 6. Analyzing and interpreting quantitative data --
chapter 7. Collecting qualitative data --
chapter 8. Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data --
chapter 9. Reporting and evaluating research --
Part III. Research designs --
chapter 10. Experimental designs --
chapter 11. Correlational designs --
chapter 12. Survey designs --
chapter 13. Grounded theory designs --
chapter 14. Ethnographic designs --
chapter 15. Narrative research designs --
chapter 16. Mixed methods designs --
chapter 17. Action research designs.

ISBN: 9780131367395 0131367390 9780132613941 (pbk.) 0132613948 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education--Research--Methodology.

Dewey Class. No.: 370.72 / C923