Educational Research: An IntroductionTextbook on educational research processes and research methods in the USA. Outlines opportunities available (incl. organization of research and financing), research planning and evaluation, literature surveying, sampling and measurement, standardised texts, research design and statistical analysis, surveying (incl. questionnaires, interviews), causal-comparisons, experimental designs, historical research techniques, data processing and research report writing. |
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EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHTHE FIELD | 1 |
Opportunities in Educational Research | 44 |
Appendixes | 56 |
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ability grouping achievement test administered analysis analysis of variance Annotated References attitude behavior bias bibliography causal-comparative chapter classroom cluster sampling conduct content validity control group criterion-referenced tests demand characteristics described descriptors determine discussed educational research effect error evaluation example experiment experimental treatment factors grade graduate student Hawthorne Effect hypothesis identify important individual instruction interest interview investigator involved Journal literature mean measures method N rays null hypothesis observer obtain participate percent persons placebo population possible prediction procedures Psychological Abstracts pupils questionnaire questions random sample reading relationship reliability replication research design research plan research problem research project research worker responses selected self-concept simple random sampling situation specific statistical power statistical significance subjects survey teachers teaching techniques theory tion topic usually validity variables variance volunteer