Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-367) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I. Initial research considerations -- 1. What is educational research? -- 2. Overview of the educational research process -- 3. Identifying a research problem -- 4. Ethics in educational research -- 5. Reviewing related research literature -- Part II. Designing a research study -- 6. Qualitative research methods -- 7. Quantitative research methods -- 8. mixed-methods research -- 9. Action research -- 10. Writing a research proposal -- Part III. Collecting and analyzing data -- 11. Qualitative data collection and analysis -- 12. Quantitative data collection -- 13. Quantitative data analysis -- Part IV. The research report -- 14. Writing a final research report -- Appendix -- Glossary.