Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index. Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. (2014). Educational research: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches (5th ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE.

Part I: Introduction -- Introduction to educational research -- Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research -- Action research for lifelong learning -- Part II: Planning the research study -- How to review the literature and develop research questions -- How to write a research proposal -- Research ethics -- Part III: Foundations of research -- Standardization measurement and assessment -- How to construct a questionnaire -- Six major methods of data collection -- Sampling in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research -- Validity of research results in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research -- Part IV: Selecting a research method -- Section A: Quantitative research methods: five major approaches -- Experimental research: weak and strong designs -- Experimental research: quasi and single-case designs -- Nonexperimental quantitative research -- Section B: Qualitative research methods: five major approaches plus historical research -- Narrative inquiry and case study research -- Phenomenology, ethnography, and grounded theory -- Historical research -- Section C: Mixed methods research: many approaches -- Mixed research -- Part V: Analyzing the data -- Descriptive statistics -- Inferential statistics -- Data analysis in qualitative and mixed research -- Part VI: Writing the research report -- How to prepare a research report and use APA Style guidelines

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