PREFACE<br><br>PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH<br>CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF RESEARCH<br><br>PART 2 THE BASICS OF EDUCATION RESEARCH<br>CHAPTER 2 THE RESEARCH PROBLEM<br>CHAPTER 3 LOCATING AND REVIEWING THE LITERATURE <br>CHAPTER 4 ETHICS AND RESEARCH<br>CHAPTER 5 VARIABLES, HYPOTHESES, AND PROPOSITIONS <br>CHAPTER 6 SAMPLING<br>CHAPTER 7 INSTRUMENTATION<br>CHAPTER 8 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY<br>CHAPTER 9 INTERNAL VALIDITY <br><br>PART 3 DATA ANALYSIS<br>CHAPTER 10 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS <br>CHAPTER 11 INFERENTIAL STATISTICS 213 <br>CHAPTER 12 STATISTICS IN PERSPECTIVE <br><br>PART 4 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES<br>CHAPTER 13 EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH <br>CHAPTER 14 SINGLE-SUBJECT RESEARCH <br>CHAPTER 15 CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH <br>CHAPTER 16 CAUSAL-COMPARATIVE RESEARCH <br>CHAPTER 17 SURVEY RESEARCH <br><br>PART 5 INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH<br>CHAPTER 18 THE NATURE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH <br>CHAPTER 19 OBSERVATION AND INTERVIEWING <br>CHAPTER 20 CONTENT ANALYSIS <br><br>PART 6 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES<br>CHAPTER 22 HISTORICAL RESEARCH <br><br>PART 7 MIXED-METHODS STUDIES<br>CHAPTER 23 MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH <br><br>PART 8 RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS<br>CHAPTER 24 ACTION AND TEACHER RESEARCH <br><br>PART 9 WRITING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS<br>CHAPTER 25 PREPARING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS <br><br>APPENDICES <br>GLOSSARY<br>INDEX<br>