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"High-quality educational research requires careful consideration of every aspect of the process. This all-encompassing textbook written by leading international experts gives students and early career researchers a considered overview of principles that underpin research, and key qualitative,...

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Group Author: Coe, Rob (Editor); Waring, Mike (Editor); Hedges, Larry V. (Editor); Ashley, Laura Day (Editor)
Published: SAGE,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: [2021]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 3rd edition.
Subjects:
Education > Research > Methodology.
Education > Methodology. > Methodology.
Summary: "High-quality educational research requires careful consideration of every aspect of the process. This all-encompassing textbook written by leading international experts gives students and early career researchers a considered overview of principles that underpin research, and key qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods for research design, data collection and analysis. This third edition includes four new chapters: Disseminating your research, Data science and computational research methods, Observational methods, Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Plus a new research essentials feature that highlights key 'must-haves' or misconceptions relating to each methodological approach, research design or analytical tool discussed. This is essential reading for postgraduate students on education courses and early career researchers looking to sharpen their research practice." -- provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: xxx, 428 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781529729627
1529729629
9781529729634
1529729637
Index Number: LB1028
CLC: G40-03
Call Number: G40-03/R432-1/3rd ed.
Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Introduction to research methods and methodologies in education -- The nature of education research -- Finding your theoretical position -- Part II: Basic principles and practice in conducting research -- Design of empirical research -- Planning your research -- Inference and interpretation in research -- Research ethics -- Disseminating your research -- Part III: Research designs -- Action research -- Naturalistic research -- Ethnographic research -- Visual methodologies -- Grounded theory -- Case study research -- Secondary data -- Longitudinal research -- Statistical and correlational techniques -- Impact evaluation -- Interventions: experiments -- Mixing methods in education research -- Systematic reviews -- Computational research methods and data science -- Part IV: Data collection tools -- Methods for observing classroom interactions -- In-depth interviews -- Focus groups and group interviews -- Internet-based methods -- Doing social media research -- Documentary methods -- Questionnaires -- Part V: Analysis methods -- Using software in qualitative data analysis -- Statistical analysis tools -- Discourse analysis -- Media analysis -- Biographical research -- Statistical hypothesis tests -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Multiple linear regression -- Multilevel analysis -- Effect size -- Meta-analysis.

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