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Educational Research Robert Burke Johnson

Educational Research By Robert Burke Johnson

Educational Research by Robert Burke Johnson

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Using this textbook, students will develop an understanding of the multiple research methods and strategies used in education and related fields, the ability to read and critically evaluate published research, and the ability to write a proposal, construct a questionnaire, and conduct an empirical research study on their own.

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Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches by Robert Burke Johnson

Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches, Fourth Edition is a graduated text that introduces readers to the fundamental logic of empirical research and the sources of research ideas. Detailed descriptions guide students through the design and implementation of actual research studies with a balanced examination of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research. Definitions of key terms are provided in the margins for easy reference and to help students understand the multiple research methods and strategies used in education and related fields.

New Features:

- Student study site materials are integrated within the text, with the use of marginal icons depicting interactive concept maps, journal articles, and tools and tips.

- New Action Research activity for each chapter is included.

- A chapter on Writing the Research report incorporates changes in new edition of the Publication Manual of the APA, and includes a sample manuscript using APA style.

- New exhibits on Egon G. Guba and Donald T. Campbell, and a new table on applying qualitative research validity strategies are incorporated.

- New material on research paradigms, types of plagiarism, using free software for random sampling and assignment, nomological vs. ideographic causation are integrated.

- Several chapters are slightly shortened and made simpler, without sacrificing any of the book's rigor.

About Robert Burke Johnson

Burke Johnson is a professor in the Professional Studies Department at the University of South Alabama. His PhD is from the REMS (research, evaluation, measurement, and statistics) program in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. He also has graduate degrees in psychology, sociology, and public administration, which have provided him with a multidisciplinary perspective on research methodology. He was guest editor for a special issue of Research in the Schools focusing on mixed research (available online at www.msera.org/rits_131.htm) and completed a similar guest editorship for the American Behavioral Scientist. He was an associate editor of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Burke is first author of Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (Sage, 2014, 5th edition); second author of Research Methods, Design, and Analysis (Pearson, 2014, 12th edition); coeditor (with Sharlene Hesse-Biber) of The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry (2015); coeditor (with Paul Vogt) of Correlation and Regression Analysis (2012); and associate editor of The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2009). Larry Christensen (PhD University of Southern Mississippi) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of South Alabama. Larry is the author of several successful textbooks and has published more than 60 journal articles.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction to Educational Research 2. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research Part II: Planning the Research Study 3. How to Review the Literature and Develop Research Questions 4. How to Write a Research Proposal 5. Research Ethics Part III: Foundations of Research 6. Standardized Measurement and Assessment 7. How to Construct a Questionnaire 8. Methods of Data Collection 9. Sampling in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research 10. Validity of Research Results in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research Part IV: Selecting a Research Method 11. Experimental Research 12. Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Designs 13. Nonexperimental Quantitative Research 14.Qualitative Research 15. Historical Research 16. Mixed Research Part V: Analyzing the Data 17. Descriptive Statistics 18. Inferential Statistics 19. Data Analysis in Qualitative and Mixed Research Part VI: Writing the Research Report 20. How to Prepare a Research Report and Use APA Style Guidelines Glossary References Index About the Authors

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CIN1412978289G
9781412978286
1412978289
Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches by Robert Burke Johnson
Robert Burke Johnson
Used - Good
Hardback
SAGE Publications Inc
20110119
648
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