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Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches / Edition 7
by Robert Burke Johnson, Larry B. Christensen
Robert Burke Johnson
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- 9781544337838
- Pub. Date:
- 10/11/2019
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- SAGE Publications
- ISBN-10:
- 1544337833
- ISBN-13:
- 9781544337838
- Pub. Date:
- 10/11/2019
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches / Edition 7
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Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches by R. Burke Johnson and Larry Christensen offers a comprehensive, easily digestible introduction to research methods. Readers will develop an understanding of the multiple research methods and strategies used in education and related fields, including how to read and critically evaluate published research and how to write a proposal, construct a questionnaire, and conduct an empirical research study on their own. The Seventh Edition maintains the features that made this book a best-seller, including attention-grabbing chapter-opening vignettes, lively examples that engage reader interest, a conversational and friendly writing style, and more. With the support of this highly readable text, readers will transform into critical consumers and users of research.
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ISBN-13: | 9781544337838 |
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Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Publication date: | 10/11/2019 |
Edition description: | Seventh Edition |
Pages: | 704 |
Sales rank: | 428,757 |
Product dimensions: | 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Burke Johnson is a professor in the Professional Studies Department at the University of South Alabama. His Ph D is from the REMS (research, evaluation, measurement, and statistics) program in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. He also has graduate degrees in psychology, sociology, and public administration, which have provided him with a multidisciplinary perspective on research methodology. He was guest editor for a special issue of Research in the Schools focusing on mixed research (available online at www.msera.org/rits_131.htm) and completed a similar guest editorship for the American Behavioral Scientist. He was an associate editor of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Burke is first author of Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (Sage, 2014, 5th edition); second author of Research Methods, Design, and Analysis (Pearson, 2014, 12th edition); coeditor (with Sharlene Hesse-Biber) of The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry (2015); coeditor (with Paul Vogt) of Correlation and Regression Analysis (2012); and associate editor of The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2009).
Larry Christensen (Ph D University of Southern Mississippi) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of South Alabama. Larry is the author of several successful textbooks and has published more than 60 journal articles.
Table of Contents
PREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSPART I. INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1. Introduction to Educational ResearchWHY STUDY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH?AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHEXAMPLES OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHGENERAL KINDS OF RESEARCHSOURCES OF KNOWLEDGETHE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE GENERATIONOBJECTIVES OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHDISPOSITIONS OF A GOOD RESEARCHEROVERVIEW OF THIS BOOKSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGCHAPTER 2. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed ResearchCHARACTERISTICS OF THE THREE RESEARCH PARADIGMSQUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS: EXPERIMENTAL AND NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHQUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODSMIXED RESEARCH (OR MIXED METHODS RESEARCH)OUR RESEARCH TYPOLOGYSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGCHAPTER 3. Action Research for Lifelong LearningDEFINING ACTION RESEARCHORIGINS OF ACTION RESEARCHBASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH VERSUS ACTION RESEARCHTYPES OF ACTION RESEARCHTHE CYCLE OF ACTION RESEARCHSTRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF ACTION RESEARCHACTION RESEARCH JOURNALINGACTION RESEARCH IN THE REMAINING CHAPTERS OF THIS BOOKSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTEPART II. PLANNING THE RESEARCH STUDYCHAPTER 4. How to Critically Review the Literature and Develop Good Research QuestionsSOURCES OF RESEARCH IDEASIDEAS THAT CAN’T BE RESOLVED THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCHREVIEW OF THE LITERATUREFEASIBILITY OF THE STUDYSTATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEMSTATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDYSTATEMENT OF RESEARCH QUESTIONSFORMULATING HYPOTHESESCONSUMER USE OF THE LITERATUREACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGCHAPTER 5. How to Write a Research ProposalFRAMEWORK OF THE RESEARCH PROPOSALSTRATEGIES FOR WRITING EACH SECTION OF THE RESEARCH PROPOSALSTRATEGIES FOR EVALUATING YOUR RESEARCH PROPOSALACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSPROPOSAL EXERCISERELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGCHAPTER 6. Research EthicsWHAT ARE RESEARCH ETHICS?ETHICAL CONCERNSETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH WITH HUMANSINSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDETHICAL ISSUES IN ELECTRONIC RESEARCHETHICAL ISSUES IN PREPARING THE RESEARCH REPORTACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGPART III. FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCHCHAPTER 7. Standardized Measurement and AssessmentDEFINING MEASUREMENTSCALES OF MEASUREMENTASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING TESTING AND ASSESSMENTIDENTIFYING A GOOD TEST OR ASSESSMENT PROCEDURERELIABILITYVALIDITYUSING RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY INFORMATION IN YOUR RESEARCHEDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTSSOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT TESTSACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESCHAPTER 8. Methods of Data Collection in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed ResearchMIXING METHODS OF DATA COLLECTIONTESTSQUESTIONNAIRESINTERVIEWSFOCUS GROUPSOBSERVATIONCONSTRUCTED, SECONDARY, AND EXISTING DATAACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGCHAPTER 9. How to Construct a QuestionnaireWHAT IS A QUESTIONNAIRE?PRINCIPLES OF QUESTIONNAIRE CONSTRUCTIONPUTTING IT ALL TOGETHERACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISERELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESCHAPTER 10. Sampling in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed ResearchTERMINOLOGY USED IN SAMPLINGRANDOM SAMPLING TECHNIQUESNONRANDOM SAMPLING TECHNIQUESRANDOM SELECTION AND RANDOM ASSIGNMENTDETERMINING THE SAMPLE SIZE WHEN RANDOM SAMPLING IS USEDSAMPLING IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCHSAMPLING IN MIXED RESEARCHACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESCHAPTER 11. Validity of Research Results in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed ResearchVALIDITY ISSUES IN THE DESIGN OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHINTERNAL VALIDITY (I.E., CAUSATION VALIDITY)EXTERNAL VALIDITY (I.E., GENERALIZING VALIDITY)CONSTRUCT VALIDITYSTATISTICAL CONCLUSION VALIDITYRESEARCH VALIDITY (OR “TRUSTWORTHINESS”) IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCHRESEARCH VALIDITY (OR “LEGITIMATION”) IN MIXED (METHODS) RESEARCHACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESPART IV. SELECTING A RESEARCH METHODSection A. Quantitative Research Methods: Five Major ApproachesCHAPTER 12. Experimental Research: Weak and Strong DesignsTHE EXPERIMENTEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH SETTINGSINDEPENDENT VARIABLE MANIPULATIONCONTROL OF CONFOUNDING VARIABLESEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNSACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESCHAPTER 13. Experimental Research: Quasi and Single-Case DesignsQUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNSSINGLE-CASE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNSACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTECHAPTER 14. Nonexperimental Quantitative ResearchSTEPS IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHINDEPENDENT VARIABLES IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHSIMPLE CASES OF NONEXPERIMENTAL QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHTHREE REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPSAPPLYING THE THREE REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR CAUSATION IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHTECHNIQUES OF CONTROL IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH (I.E., HOW TO DESIGN STRONG NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH)INTERLUDE (THE STUDY OF CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY)CLASSIFYING NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH BY TIME AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVETHE TIME DIMENSION IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNTHE RESEARCH OBJECTIVE DIMENSION IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESSection B. Qualitative Research Methods: Five Major ApproachesCHAPTER 15. Narrative Inquiry and Case Study ResearchNARRATIVE INQUIRYCASE STUDY RESEARCHACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESNARRATIVE INQUIRY EXAMPLESCASE STUDY EXAMPLESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESCHAPTER 16. Phenomenology, Ethnography, and Grounded TheoryPHENOMENOLOGYETHNOGRAPHYGROUNDED THEORYACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGSection C. Mixed Methods Research: Many ApproachesCHAPTER 17. Mixed ResearchTHE RESEARCH CONTINUUMTYPES OF MIXED RESEARCH DESIGNSSTAGES OF THE MIXED RESEARCH PROCESSLIMITATIONS OF MIXED RESEARCHACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGPART V. ANALYZING THE DATACHAPTER 18. Descriptive StatisticsDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSFREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONSGRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS OF DATAMEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCYMEASURES OF VARIABILITYMEASURES OF RELATIVE STANDINGEXAMINING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIABLESACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESCHAPTER 19. Inferential StatisticsSAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONSESTIMATIONHYPOTHESIS TESTINGHYPOTHESIS TESTING IN PRACTICEACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESCHAPTER 19 APPENDIX: TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS RECOMMENDED FOR DIFFERENT STATISTICAL TESTSCHAPTER 20. Data Analysis in Qualitative and Mixed ResearchINTERIM ANALYSISMEMOINGANALYSIS OF VISUAL DATADATA ENTRY AND STORAGESEGMENTING, CODING, AND DEVELOPING CATEGORY SYSTEMSFIRST-STAGE AND SECOND-STAGE CODINGENUMERATIONTHEMATIC ANALYSIS AND CREATING HIERARCHICAL CATEGORY SYSTEMSIDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CATEGORIESCORROBORATING AND VALIDATING RESULTSCOMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSISDATA ANALYSIS IN MIXED RESEARCHACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGNOTESCHAPTER 20 APPENDIX: ADDITIONAL TYPES OF CODES FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCHPART VI. WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORTCHAPTER 21. How to Prepare a Research Report and Use APA Style GuidelinesGENERAL PRINCIPLES RELATED TO WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORT (I)WRITING AN APA-STYLE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH REPORT (II)EXAMPLE OF AN APA-STYLE MANUSCRIPTWRITING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REPORTSWRITING MIXED RESEARCH REPORTSACTION RESEARCH REFLECTIONSUMMARYKEY TERMDISCUSSION QUESTIONSRESEARCH EXERCISESPROPOSAL EXERCISESRELEVANT INTERNET SITESRECOMMENDED READINGAPPENDIX: CITATIONS FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES NOTED IN THE MARGINSGLOSSARYREFERENCESAUTHOR INDEXSUBJECT INDEXABOUT THE AUTHORSFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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