Fundamentals of Educational Research

Informationen zum Autor Garry Anderson, Nancy Arsenault Klappentext Fundamentals of Educational Research succeeds in cutting through the complexities of research to give the novice reader a sound basis to define, develop, and conduct study, while providing insights for even the accomplished reader.This best-selling book is of value to all social researchers, but in particular to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers employed in private industry, management and government agencies. Anderson discusses the research process and offers a wealth of information on how to define a research problem, plan a study, develop a research framework, collect the data, analyse it and write it into a credible paper or thesis. He has captured the essential components of the research process in a book that balances the quantitative and qualitative perspectives through both the academic and consulting research traditions. Zusammenfassung Cuts through the complexities of educational research to give the novice reader a sound basis to define, develop, and conduct study, while providing insights for even the accomplished reader. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: - Introduction to Educational Research 1. The Nature of Educational Research 2. Research Ethics 3. The Research Process 4. Defining a Research Problem 5. Research Information 6. Research Frameworks 7. Scholarly Communication 8. Review of the Literature Part II - Types of Research 9. Introduction to Types of Research 10. Historical Research 11. Descriptive Research 12. Correlational Research 13. Qualitative Research 14. Evaluative Research 15. Case Study Part III - Data Collection 16. Data Collection 17. Questionnaires 18. Inquiry Protocol 19. Successful Interviews 20. Focus Groups

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Garry Anderson, Garry Arsenault Anderson, Gary Anderson, Gary Arsenault Anderson, Anderson Garry, Nancy Arsenault, Arsenault Nancy
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.03.1998
• EAN: 9780750708579
• ISBN: 978-0-7507-0857-9
• Pages: 280
• Thèmes: Teacher's Library; Falmer Press Teachers' Library; Teachers' Library; Teachers' Library
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Général, dictionnaires; EDUCATION / General, Education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy