Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Application - Hardcover

L. R. Gay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0023408146 ISBN 13: 9780023408144

Publisher: Merril Pr, 1995

Synopsis

With its goal of helping students become competent as both consumers and producers of educational research, this text presents all the skills and procedures needed, with a strong emphasis on evaluation of student performance. The text offers comprehensive instruction that encompasses the full spectrum of the field. Evaluation criteria are presented for each major research task included: problem definition; research planning; sampling; instrumentation; methodology; data analysis; and research reporting.

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From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: The book's friendly, highly-accessible approach to educational statistics helps to demystify this demanding field. At the same time, the book offers comprehensive instruction that encompasses the full spectrum of the field. With its goal of helping readers become competent as both consumers and producers of educational research, this popular, market-leading book presents all of the skills and procedures needed in a direct, step-by-step fashion. Key Topics: Examination of the way problem statements are converted to hypotheses; discussion of types of nonprobability sampling (for example, convenience sampling); and comparison of distinguishing characteristics of true and artificial categories in relation to nominal scales.

Edition details

• Publisher: Merril Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0023408146
• ISBN 13: 9780023408144
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 662