Appropriate for Introduction to Educational Research courses.

This groundbreaking text is the first introduction of its kind to offer a balanced, inclusive, and integrated overview in the field of educational research. Unlike any other text, it comprehensively addresses both quantitative and qualitative approaches to educational research and applies them to the process of research. It begins by introducing the general process of research in six steps. Within this context, it describes both quantitative and qualitative approaches in detail. It closes with eight research designs-experimental, correlational, survey, grounded theory, ethnography, narrative, mixed method, and action research-to implement the process.