Educational research competencies for analysis and applications

This text primarily for use in the introductory course in educational research that is a basic requirement for many graduate programs. Since the topic coverage of the text is relatively comprehensive, it also may be easily adapted for use in either a senior-level undergraduate course or a more advan...

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Main Authors: Gay, L. R (Author), Airasian, Peter (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ Merrill Prentice Hall 2003
Edition:7th ed.
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Summary:This text primarily for use in the introductory course in educational research that is a basic requirement for many graduate programs. Since the topic coverage of the text is relatively comprehensive, it also may be easily adapted for use in either a senior-level undergraduate course or a more advanced graduate-level course ... The overall strategy of the text is to promote students' attainment of a degree of expertise in research through the acquisition of knowledge and by involvement in actual research. [The text] discusses the scientific and disciplined inquiry approach and its application in education. [It] describes qualitative research, including the different approaches to and the collection and analysis of qualitative data. [It also] describes and discusses quantitative research, data collection and analysis, including statistics.-Pref.
Physical Description:xvii, 605 pages illustrations 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0130994634