Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches

Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches by R. Burke Johnson and Larry Christensen offers a comprehensive, easily digestible introduction to research methods for undergraduate and graduate students. Readers will develop an understanding of the multiple research methods and strategies used in education and related fields, including how to read and critically evaluate published research and how to write a proposal, construct a questionnaire, and conduct an empirical research study on their own. The Seventh Edition maintains the features that made this book a best-seller, including attention-grabbing chapter-opening vignettes, lively examples that engage student interest, a conversational and friendly writing style, and more. With the support of this highly readable text, readers will transform into critical consumers and users of research.

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Table of Contents:
PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART I. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. Introduction to Educational Research WHY STUDY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH? AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EXAMPLES OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH GENERAL KINDS OF RESEARCH SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE GENERATION OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH DISPOSITIONS OF A GOOD RESEARCHER OVERVIEW OF THIS BOOK SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING CHAPTER 2. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THREE RESEARCH PARADIGMS QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS: EXPERIMENTAL AND NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS MIXED RESEARCH (OR MIXED METHODS RESEARCH) OUR RESEARCH TYPOLOGY SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING CHAPTER 3. Action Research for Lifelong Learning DEFINING ACTION RESEARCH ORIGINS OF ACTION RESEARCH BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH VERSUS ACTION RESEARCH TYPES OF ACTION RESEARCH THE CYCLE OF ACTION RESEARCH STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF ACTION RESEARCH ACTION RESEARCH JOURNALING ACTION RESEARCH IN THE REMAINING CHAPTERS OF THIS BOOK SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTE PART II. PLANNING THE RESEARCH STUDY CHAPTER 4. How to Critically Review the Literature and Develop Good Research Questions SOURCES OF RESEARCH IDEAS IDEAS THAT CAN’T BE RESOLVED THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE FEASIBILITY OF THE STUDY STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY STATEMENT OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS FORMULATING HYPOTHESES CONSUMER USE OF THE LITERATURE ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING CHAPTER 5. How to Write a Research Proposal FRAMEWORK OF THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL STRATEGIES FOR WRITING EACH SECTION OF THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL STRATEGIES FOR EVALUATING YOUR RESEARCH PROPOSAL ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PROPOSAL EXERCISE RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING CHAPTER 6. Research Ethics WHAT ARE RESEARCH ETHICS? ETHICAL CONCERNS ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH WITH HUMANS INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD ETHICAL ISSUES IN ELECTRONIC RESEARCH ETHICAL ISSUES IN PREPARING THE RESEARCH REPORT ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING PART III. FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH CHAPTER 7. Standardized Measurement and Assessment DEFINING MEASUREMENT SCALES OF MEASUREMENT ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING TESTING AND ASSESSMENT IDENTIFYING A GOOD TEST OR ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE RELIABILITY VALIDITY USING RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY INFORMATION IN YOUR RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT TESTS ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES CHAPTER 8. Methods of Data Collection in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research MIXING METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION TESTS QUESTIONNAIRES INTERVIEWS FOCUS GROUPS OBSERVATION CONSTRUCTED, SECONDARY, AND EXISTING DATA ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING CHAPTER 9. How to Construct a Questionnaire WHAT IS A QUESTIONNAIRE? PRINCIPLES OF QUESTIONNAIRE CONSTRUCTION PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISE RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES CHAPTER 10. Sampling in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research TERMINOLOGY USED IN SAMPLING RANDOM SAMPLING TECHNIQUES NONRANDOM SAMPLING TECHNIQUES RANDOM SELECTION AND RANDOM ASSIGNMENT DETERMINING THE SAMPLE SIZE WHEN RANDOM SAMPLING IS USED SAMPLING IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SAMPLING IN MIXED RESEARCH ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES CHAPTER 11. Validity of Research Results in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research VALIDITY ISSUES IN THE DESIGN OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH INTERNAL VALIDITY (I.E., CAUSATION VALIDITY) EXTERNAL VALIDITY (I.E., GENERALIZING VALIDITY) CONSTRUCT VALIDITY STATISTICAL CONCLUSION VALIDITY RESEARCH VALIDITY (OR “TRUSTWORTHINESS”) IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RESEARCH VALIDITY (OR “LEGITIMATION”) IN MIXED (METHODS) RESEARCH ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES PART IV. SELECTING A RESEARCH METHOD Section A. Quantitative Research Methods: Five Major Approaches CHAPTER 12. Experimental Research: Weak and Strong Designs THE EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH SETTINGS INDEPENDENT VARIABLE MANIPULATION CONTROL OF CONFOUNDING VARIABLES EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES CHAPTER 13. Experimental Research: Quasi and Single-Case Designs QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS SINGLE-CASE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTE CHAPTER 14. Nonexperimental Quantitative Research STEPS IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH INDEPENDENT VARIABLES IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH SIMPLE CASES OF NONEXPERIMENTAL QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH THREE REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS APPLYING THE THREE REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR CAUSATION IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUES OF CONTROL IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH (I.E., HOW TO DESIGN STRONG NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH) INTERLUDE (THE STUDY OF CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY) CLASSIFYING NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH BY TIME AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVE THE TIME DIMENSION IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVE DIMENSION IN NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES Section B. Qualitative Research Methods: Five Major Approaches CHAPTER 15. Narrative Inquiry and Case Study Research NARRATIVE INQUIRY CASE STUDY RESEARCH ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES NARRATIVE INQUIRY EXAMPLES CASE STUDY EXAMPLES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES CHAPTER 16. Phenomenology, Ethnography, and Grounded Theory PHENOMENOLOGY ETHNOGRAPHY GROUNDED THEORY ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING Section C. Mixed Methods Research: Many Approaches CHAPTER 17. Mixed Research THE RESEARCH CONTINUUM TYPES OF MIXED RESEARCH DESIGNS STAGES OF THE MIXED RESEARCH PROCESS LIMITATIONS OF MIXED RESEARCH ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING PART V. ANALYZING THE DATA CHAPTER 18. Descriptive Statistics DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS OF DATA MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY MEASURES OF VARIABILITY MEASURES OF RELATIVE STANDING EXAMINING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIABLES ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES CHAPTER 19. Inferential Statistics SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS ESTIMATION HYPOTHESIS TESTING HYPOTHESIS TESTING IN PRACTICE ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES CHAPTER 19 APPENDIX: TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS RECOMMENDED FOR DIFFERENT STATISTICAL TESTS CHAPTER 20. Data Analysis in Qualitative and Mixed Research INTERIM ANALYSIS MEMOING ANALYSIS OF VISUAL DATA DATA ENTRY AND STORAGE SEGMENTING, CODING, AND DEVELOPING CATEGORY SYSTEMS FIRST-STAGE AND SECOND-STAGE CODING ENUMERATION THEMATIC ANALYSIS AND CREATING HIERARCHICAL CATEGORY SYSTEMS IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CATEGORIES CORROBORATING AND VALIDATING RESULTS COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS DATA ANALYSIS IN MIXED RESEARCH ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERMS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING NOTES CHAPTER 20 APPENDIX: ADDITIONAL TYPES OF CODES FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PART VI. WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORT CHAPTER 21. How to Prepare a Research Report and Use APA Style Guidelines GENERAL PRINCIPLES RELATED TO WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORT (I) WRITING AN APA-STYLE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH REPORT (II) EXAMPLE OF AN APA-STYLE MANUSCRIPT WRITING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REPORTS WRITING MIXED RESEARCH REPORTS ACTION RESEARCH REFLECTION SUMMARY KEY TERM DISCUSSION QUESTIONS RESEARCH EXERCISES PROPOSAL EXERCISES RELEVANT INTERNET SITES RECOMMENDED READING APPENDIX: CITATIONS FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES NOTED IN THE MARGINS GLOSSARY REFERENCES AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHORS

About the Author :
Burke Johnson is a professor in the Professional Studies Department at the University of South Alabama. His PhD is from the REMS (research, evaluation, measurement, and statistics) program in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. He also has graduate degrees in psychology, sociology, and public administration, which have provided him with a multidisciplinary perspective on research methodology. He was guest editor for a special issue of Research in the Schools focusing on mixed research (available online at www.msera.org/rits_131.htm) and completed a similar guest editorship for the American Behavioral Scientist. He was an associate editor of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Burke is first author of Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (Sage, 2014, 5th edition); second author of Research Methods, Design, and Analysis (Pearson, 2014, 12th edition); coeditor (with Sharlene Hesse-Biber) of The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry (2015); coeditor (with Paul Vogt) of Correlation and Regression Analysis (2012); and associate editor of The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2009). Larry Christensen (PhD University of Southern Mississippi) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of South Alabama. Larry is the author of several successful textbooks and has published more than 60 journal articles.

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