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Educational Psychology<br />
proposals and reports make the text appropriate for courses<br />
that focus on doing research as well as for courses that stress<br />
reading and understanding research.<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH<br />
Chp.1. The Nature <strong>of</strong> Educational Research<br />
Part II: THE BASICS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH<br />
Chp.2. The Research Problem<br />
Chp.3. Variables and Hypotheses<br />
Chp.4. Ethics and Research<br />
Chp.5. Review <strong>of</strong> the Literature<br />
Chp.6. Sampling<br />
Chp.7. Instrumentation<br />
Chp.8. Validity and Reliability<br />
Chp.9. Internal Validity<br />
Part III: DATA ANALYSIS<br />
Chp.10. Descriptive Statistics<br />
Chp.11. Inferential Statistics<br />
Chp.12. Statistics in Perspective<br />
Part IV: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES<br />
Chp.13. Experimental Research<br />
Chp.14. Single-Subject Research<br />
Chp.15. Correlational Research<br />
Chp.16. Causal-Comparative Research<br />
Chp.17. Survey Research<br />
Part V: INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH<br />
Chp.18. The Nature <strong>of</strong> Qualitative Research<br />
Chp.19. Observation and Interviewing<br />
Chp.20. Content Analysis<br />
Part VI: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES<br />
Chp.21. Ethnographic Research<br />
Chp.22. Historical Research<br />
Part VII: RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS<br />
Chp.23. Action Research<br />
Part VIII: WRITING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS<br />
Chp.24. Preparing Research Proposals and Reports<br />
Appendixes A-1<br />
Appendix A: Portion <strong>of</strong> a Table <strong>of</strong> Random Numbers<br />
Appendix B: Selected Values from a Normal Curve Table<br />
Appendix C: Chi-Square Distribution<br />
Appendix D: Using SPSS<br />
Glossary<br />
Index<br />
International Edition<br />
ESSENTIALS OF RESEARCH METHODS IN<br />
PSYCHOLOGY WITH POWERWEB<br />
Jeanne S Zechmeister and Eugene B Zechmeister <strong>of</strong> Loyola<br />
University-Chicago<br />
John J Shaughnessy, Hope College<br />
2001<br />
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-293234-8 / MHID: 0-07-293234-1<br />
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-128650-3 / MHID: 0-07-128650-0 [IE]<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Preface<br />
1 Introduction: The Science <strong>of</strong> Psychology<br />
2 The Research Process<br />
3 Ethical Issues in Psychological Research<br />
4 Observational Research<br />
5 Correlational Research: Surveys<br />
6 Experimental Research Designs<br />
7 Complex Designs<br />
8 Single-Case Research Design<br />
9 Quasi-experimental Designs and Program Evaluation<br />
10 Epilogue: How to Be an Intelligent Consumer <strong>of</strong> Psychological<br />
Research<br />
Appendix A: Statistics<br />
Appendix B:”Communication in Psychology”<br />
Appendix C: Self-Tests<br />
Glossary<br />
References<br />
Indexes<br />
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