{"product_id":"9781442209657","title":"Conducting Educational Research","description":"Conducting Educational Research, Sixth Edition thoroughly addresses the major components of research design and methodology. The text is especially useful for inexperienced student-researchers and doctoral students in the early stages of preparing a dissertation. The early chapters of the text clearly describe the process of selecting a problem, reviewing the literature, constructing a hypothesis, identifying and labeling variables, and constructing operational definitions. The later chapters assist students in refining methodological procedures, analyzing data, and writing the final research report. The clarity of the text and the numerous practical examples help to reinforce important concepts and key ideas, increasing the efficacy of the text for even the most inexperienced student-researchers. Additionally, sample studies are included as models of acceptable published research and serve as a guide against which students may evaluate their own work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChanges in New Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore illustrations, tables, figures, and bulleted lists to enhance understanding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore and simpler explanations of complex process \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA greater balance between the various approaches to research, ranging from experimental to qualitative, with causal-comparative, survey, and evaluation in-between\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart I \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eExpanded to include additional ethical considerations when conducting research. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003ePart II: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRenamed \"Carrying out Fundamental Steps of Research\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional details regarding measurement and observation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpanded discussion of the application of design criteria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePart III: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRenamed \"Carrying out Quantitative Research\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional chapters on experimental research, correlational and causal-comparative research, survey research, and evaluation research.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123755106544,"sku":"9781442209657","price":104.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442209657_p0.jpg?v=1763810120","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442209657","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}