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02729cam a22001694i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781462509621 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
370.72 |
| Item number |
M376 2013 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Martella, Ronald C., author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Understanding and interpreting educational research / Ronald C. Martella, J. Ron Nelson, Robert L. Morgan, Nancy E. Marchand-Martella. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Name of publisher |
Guilford Press, |
| Year of publication |
©2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xxii, 666 pages ; |
| Other physical details |
26 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Understanding research. Thinking critically about research -- Critical issues in research. Fundamental issues for interpreting research -- Reliability, validity, and interobserver agreement -- Quantitative research methods. Basic statistical concepts and sampling procedures -- Experimental designs -- Causal-comparative research -- Correlational research -- Survey research methods -- Qualitative research methods. Basic understandings in qualitative research -- Data collection and designs in qualitative research -- Single-case research methods. Withdrawal and associated designs -- Multiple-baseline designs -- Additional single-case designs -- Evaluation research. Program evaluation -- Evaluating the literature -- Action research. Action research : moving from critical research consumer to researcher |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This user-friendly text takes a learn-by-doing approach to exploring research design issues in education and psychology, offering evenhanded coverage of quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and single-case designs. Readers learn the basics of different methods and steps for critically examining any study's design, data, and conclusions, using sample peer-reviewed journal articles as practice opportunities. The text is unique in featuring full chapters on survey methods, evaluation, reliability and validity, action research, and research syntheses. Table of contents: I. Understanding Research II. Critical Issues in Research * Fundamental Issues for Interpreting Research * Reliability, Validity, and Interobserver Agreement III. Quantitative Research Methods * Basic Statistical Concepts and Sampling Procedures * Experimental Designs * Causal-Comparative Research * Correlational Research * Survey Research Methods IV. Qualitative research methods * Basic Understandings in Qualitative Research * Data Collection and Designs in Qualitative Research V. Single-case research methods * Withdrawal and Associated Designs * Multiple-Baseline Designs * Additional Single-Case Designs VI. Evaluation research * Program Evaluation * Evaluating the Literature VII. Action research * Action Research: Moving from Critical Research Consumer to Researcher |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Education -- Research. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |
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