Research in Education, Pearson New International Edition, 10th edition

This text provides comprehensive coverage of research methods and statistics in a readable and student-friendly format.

A wide variety of methodologies—including descriptive, experimental and quasi-experimental research, historical studies, qualitative methods, and single subject designs—are covered. A complete range of research tools as well as descriptive and inferential statistics are also included, making this text the definitive resource for introductory research courses.

Research in Education is divided into three parts: Part I, “Introduction to Educational Research,” focuses on the purpose of research, hypotheses, ethics in research, developing a research problem, and writing proposals and reports; Part II, “Research Methods,” is unique in that it integrates chapters on qualitative research methods, historical research, and single-subject methods with the more typical chapters on experimental methods; and Part III, “Data Analysis,” includes both descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as examples of analyses using a computer.

• Chapters on research methodology (Chs. 4-8) use real research studies as examples of the most important designs.
• Numerous examples and questions at the end of each chapter assist students in understanding how concepts are related to practice.
• Chapters on qualitative research cover a variety of types: ethnography, case study, phenomenological, etc.
• Published research articles follow each of the five methodology chapters (Chs. 4-8).
• Chapter on computer data analysis (Ch. 12) demonstrates how SPSS is used to calculate the statistics explained in Chapters 10 and 11. All three data analysis chapters use numerous examples to demonstrate statistics.
• Appendix B contains a data set that students can use in the chapters on data analysis (Chs.10-12).
• An emphasis on validity (Ch. 9) as a unitary trait that is consistent with professional (AERA) standards. This newer perspective views validity in a way that many books have not yet incorporated.
• Data analysis chapters (Chs. 10 & 11) include coverage of outliers and missing data.
• Unique discussion on how to combine qualitative and quantitative methods in a single study (Ch. 8) shows students how these methods interrelate.

• Research Navigator journal article database and writing guide is available to all adopters and integrated with the text for ease of use through margin annotations and end-of-chapter exercises.
• Complete instructions on how to write a review of the literature are included and the section on Library Research has been updated to demonstrate technological advancements.
• Thorough update and expansion of Chapter 8, "Qualitative Research," provides a more balanced perspective to the text.
• An expanded section on meta-analysis in Chapter 5 strengthens this current methodology for students.
• Additional and more current research examples are used in the methods chapters (Chs. 4-8).
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