Creswell, John W.

Educational research : planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research / John W. Creswell. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, c2008. - xvii, 670 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 650-658) and indexes.

The process of conducting research -- Quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Identifying a research problem -- Reviewing the literature -- Specifying a purpose and research questions or hypotheses -- Collecting quantitative data -- Analyzing and interpreting quantitative data -- Collecting qualitative data -- Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data -- Reporting and evaluating research -- Experimental designs -- Correlational designs -- Survey designs -- Grounded theory designs -- Ethnographic designs -- Narrative research designs -- Mixed methods designs -- Action research designs.

ISBN: 9780136135500 (casebound) 0136135501 (casebound)

LCCN: 2007013087

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education

LC Class. No.: LB1028 / .C742 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 370.7/2