Understanding and interpreting educational research / by Ronald C. Martella ... [et al.]
Imprint
New York : The Guilford Press, 2013
Descript
xxii, 666 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Thinking critically about research -- Fundamental issues for interpreting research -- Reliability, validity, and interobserver agreement -- Basic statistical concepts and sampling procedures -- Experimental designs -- Causal-comparative research -- Correctional research -- Survey research methods -- Basic understandings in qualitative research -- Data collection and designs in qualitative research -- Withdrawal and associated designs -- Multiple-baseline designs -- Additional single-case designs -- Program evaluation -- Evaluating the literature -- Action research : moving from critical research consumer to researcher