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Klappentext Written with the novice educational researcher in mind, this text is designed to help students produce good quality, valid and valuable research. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1: The Context for Your Research Chapter 1 Research: A Messy Business Chapter 2 Understanding the Research Process Chapter 3 Putting Your Research Design Together PART 2: The Process of Data Collection Chapter 4 Data: Assembling the Research ToolkitChapter 5 Using Literature In Research Chapter 6 Getting the Right Information Chapter 7 Modelling Data Needs Chapter 8 Using Questionnaires Chapter 9 Talking, Listening and Watching: Other Approaches to Data Collection PART 3: The Process of Data Analysis Chapter 10 Extracting the Information from Statistical Data Chapter 11 Extracting the Information from Qualitative Data Sets Chapter 12 Extracting Information from Quantitative Data Chapter 13 Using Statistics to Say Something Significant Chapter 14 Putting It All Together Appendix 1: Calculating sample sizeAppendix 2: Calculating critical values for the Kolmogorov- Smirnov test