Conducting Quantitative Research In Education

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This book provides a clear and straightforward guide for all those seeking to conduct quantitative research in the field of education, using primary research data samples. While positioned as less powerful and somehow inferior, non-parametric tests can be very useful where the research can only be designed to accommodate data structure which is ordinal, or scale but violates a normality assumption, which is required for parametric tests. Non-parametric data are a staple of educational research, and as such, it is essential that educational researchers learn how to work with these data with confidence and rigour. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Introduction (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 1-6 Getting Started: What, Where, Why (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 7-23 Conducting Research with Children and Students (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 25-38 Data Types and Samples (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 39-45 Data Preparation (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 47-64 Analysis: Difference Between Groups (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 65-110 Analysis: Correlation (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 111-132 Analysis: Regression (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 133-175 Write Up and Research Translation (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 177-192 Conclusion and Further Reading (Saiyidi Mat Roni, Margaret Kristin Merga, Julia Elizabeth Morris)....Pages 193-198 Back Matter ....Pages 199-201