TY - BOOK AU - Picciano,Anthony G. TI - Educational research primer SN - 0826472028 (hardback) U1 - 370.72 PY - 2004/// CY - London, New York PB - Continuum KW - Education KW - Research KW - Statistics N1 - 1. Introduction -- 2. The educational research outline and the scientific method -- 3. Resources and tools for doing educational research -- 4. Qualitative methods : ethnography, historical research, and case studies -- 5. Quantitative methods : descriptive studies, correlation, and causal-comparative research -- 6. Experimental studies -- 7. Action and evaluation research -- 8. Sharing results : the research report ER -