| |
| |
| Preface | |
| |
| |
| |
| Overview of Research | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Foundations of Research | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Perspectives on Educational Research | |
| |
| |
| Defining Ways of Conducting Research | |
| |
| |
| Foundations of Research | |
| |
| |
| Research Types and Methods in Brief | |
| |
| |
| The Research Process | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| About Simulations | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| The Research Process | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Finding a Topic to Research | |
| |
| |
| Steps in the Scientific Method | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Ethical Issues in Conducting Research | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Ensuring the Protection of Human Participants | |
| |
| |
| Ethical Considerations in Quantitative and Qualitative Research | |
| |
| |
| Monitoring Ethics in Research: Institutional Review Boards | |
| |
| |
| Ethics and Professionalism | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Participant Selection and Assignment | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Participant Selection | |
| |
| |
| Participant Assignment | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Measures and Instruments | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Selection and Definition of Criterion Measures | |
| |
| |
| Instruments or Tasks | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Research Methods and Designs | |
| |
| |
| |
| Quantitative Research Methodologies | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Defining Quantitative Research | |
| |
| |
| Basic Experimental Design Formats | |
| |
| |
| Traditional Group Experimental Designs | |
| |
| |
| After the Design: Analysis and Interpretation | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Designing Non-Experimental Research | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Defining Experimental and Non-Experimental Research | |
| |
| |
| Survey Research | |
| |
| |
| Observation Studies | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction to Qualitative Research and Mixed-Methods Design | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| An Overview of Qualitative Research | |
| |
| |
| Mixed Methods | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Research Design Pitfalls | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Types of Design Validity | |
| |
| |
| Threats to Experimental Design Validity | |
| |
| |
| Standards of Rigor | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Data Analysis and Results Interpretation | |
| |
| |
| |
| Statistics Choices | |
| |
| |
| Statistics: What and Why | |
| |
| |
| The Decision Tree: Moving from the Question to the Analysis | |
| |
| |
| The Importance of Data Type in Selecting Statistics | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Data Tabulation | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Aggregating Data | |
| |
| |
| Tables | |
| |
| |
| Graphing Data | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Descriptive Statistics | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Categories of Descriptive Statistics | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Inferential Statistics | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| General Background of Inferential Statistics | |
| |
| |
| Difference Questions: Which Statistic and When | |
| |
| |
| Relationship Questions: Which Statistic and When | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Analyzing Qualitative Data | |
| |
| |
| Chapter Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Preliminary Analysis | |
| |
| |
| Post Data-Gathering Analysis | |
| |
| |
| Inductive and Deductive Analyses | |
| |
| |
| Phenomenological Analytical Techniques | |
| |
| |
| Reporting Qualitative Research | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Interpreting Results | |
| |
| |
| Research as an Integrated Process | |
| |
| |
| Interpretation of Results | |
| |
| |
| Acquiring Interpretation Skills for Research | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Table of Random Numbers | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Glossary/Index | |