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Author Ary, Donald, author

Title Introduction to research in education / Donald Ary (Emeritus, Northern Illinois University), Lucy Cheser Jacobs (Indiana University), Christine K. Sorensen Irvine (University of Hawaii at Mānoa), David A. Walker (Northern Illinois University)
Edition Tenth edition
Student edition
Published Boston, MA : Cengage, [2019]
©2019

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Description xiv, 588 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents 1. The nature of research in education -- 2. The research problem -- 3. Reviewing the literature -- 4. Ethics in educational research -- 5. Measurement -- 6. Validity and reliability -- 7. Descriptive statistics -- 8. Sampling and inferential statistics -- 9. Experimental research -- 10. Experimental research designs -- 11. Ex post facto research -- 12. Correlational research -- 13. Survey Research -- 14. Interpreting and reporting results of quantitative research -- 15. Defining and designing qualitative research -- 16. Types of qualitative research -- 17. Data-collection tools in qualitative research -- 18. Rigor and ethics in qualitative research -- 19. Analyzing and reporting qualitative research -- 20. Action research -- 21. Mixed methods research
Summary Helps students master the basic competencies necessary to understand and evaluate the research of others, and shows them how to plan and conduct original research. This book builds on the text's strengths of teaching students to become more competent consumers and producers of research
Notes Previous edition: 2014
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Education -- Research.
Author Jacobs, Lucy Cheser, author
Sorensen, Christine Knupp, author
Walker, David A., author
LC no. 2017939516
ISBN 9781337566001 (student edition ;) (hardback)
1337566004 (student edition ;) (hardback)
(loose-leaf edition)