Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Authors.

1. Introduction to Educational Research.

2. Identifying and Researching a Topic.

3. The Research Proposal.

4. Measurement in Educational Research and Assessment: Preestablished Instruments and Archival Data.

5. Self-Developed Measures and Qualitative Measurement.

6. Working with Research Participants: Sampling and Ethics.

7. Descriptive-Survey Research.

8. Experimental Research.

9. Nonexperimental Approaches: Causal-Comparative and Correlational Research.

10. Analyzing Quantitative Data.

11. Qualitative Research.

12. Mixed-Methods and Action Research.

13. Organization and Analysis of Qualitative Research Data.

14. Program Evaluation in Education.

15. Educational Research Can Make a Difference.

References.

Appendix A: Sample Qualitative Proposal.

Appendix B: Sample Quantitative Proposal.

Appendix C: Calculation of the Standard Deviation.

Index.