Mertens, Donna M.

Research methods in education and psychology : integrating diversity with quantitative & qualitative approaches / Donna M. Mertens. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1998. - xvii, 422 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

literature review and research problems;
experimental and quasi-experimental research;
causal comparative and correlational research;
survey research;
single-case research;
qualitative methods;
history and narrative study of lives;
evaluation;
sampling: definition, selection and ethics;
data collection;
data analysis, interpretation and reporting


0803958277 (cloth : acidfree paper) 0803958285 (pbk. : acidfree paper)


Education--Research--Methodology.
Psychology--Research--Methodology.

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