Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research / John W. Creswell.
By: Creswell, John W [author]
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BookPublisher: Boston : Pearson, [2012]Edition: Fourth edition; International edition.Description: xxii, 650 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780132613941 (paperback); 0132613948 (paperback).Subject(s): Education -- Research | Education -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 370.72 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 370.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00204285 |
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This fourth edition is appropriate for courses in educational research. The successful core research text is known for its truly balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative methods and the author's high-quality writing has made this book a favourite amongst instructors and students.
Bibliography: (pages 631-638) and indexes.
Part I. An introduction to educational research --The process of conducting research using quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Part II. The steps in the process of research -- Identifying a research problem -- Reviewing the literature -- Specifying a purpose and research questions or hypotheses -- Collecting quantitative data -- Analyzing and interpreting quantitative data -- Collecting qualitative data -- Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data -- Reporting and evaluating research -- Part III. Research designs -- Experimental designs -- Correlational designs -- Survey designs -- Grounded theory designs -- Ethnographic designs -- Narrative research designs -- Mixed methods designs -- Action research designs.
"In this update of the 2008, 2005, and 2002 editions, Creswell (U. of Nebraska-Lincoln) provides clear coverage of all the phases of the main quantitative and qualitative approaches in educational research: from identifying a problem that defines the goal of research to reporting and evaluating research. A new feature on ethical dilemmas is part of the greater emphasis on ethical issues. The text includes useful tips for producers and consumers of research, new sample articles from journals, chapter study questions with an answer key, statistical appendices, additional resources, updated references, and access to an online study resource." -- Provided by publisher
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- 13 Grounded Theory Designs
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John W. Creswell is a Professor of Educational Psychology and teaches courses and writes about educational research design, mixed methods research, and qualitative methodology. He has been at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for 30 years and has authored 12 books, numerous new editions of these books, and over 150 journal and book chapter publications. These works focus on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research. In addition, he founded both the Office of Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the SAGE journal, the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan and assisted investigators in developing proposals for extramural funding in the health sciences and education. In 2008, he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to South Africa and lectured on research methodology at five universities.