Educational Research_ Planning, Conducting, and Evaltitative and Qualitative Research

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PART 1 An Introduction to Educational Research 1 CHAPTER 1 The Process of Conducting Research Using Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches 2 PART 2 The Steps in the Process of Research 57 CHAPTER 2 Identifying a Research Problem 58 CHAPTER 3 Reviewing the Literature 79 CHAPTER 4 Specifying a Purpose and Research Questions or Hypotheses 109 CHAPTER 5 Collecting Quantitative Data 139 CHAPTER 6 Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data 172 CHAPTER 7 Collecting Qualitative Data 203 CHAPTER 8 Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data 235 CHAPTER 9 Reporting and Evaluating Research 265 PART 3 Research Designs 293 CHAPTER 10 Experimental Designs 294 CHAPTER 11 Correlational Designs 338 CHAPTER 12 Survey Designs 378 CHAPTER 13 Grounded Theory Designs 425 CHAPTER 14 Ethnographic Designs 465 CHAPTER 15 Narrative Research Designs 503 CHAPTER 16 Mixed Methods Designs 536 CHAPTER 17 Action Research Designs 578