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John W. Creswell

A step-by-step introduction to the educational research process. Presents quantitative and qualitative traditions side by side across problem identification, literature r...

Catherine Dawson

An alphabetical guide to digital and online research methods, from digital ethnography and online interviews to web scraping and social media analysis, with practical, et...

John W. Creswell, Cheryl N. Poth

Compares five qualitative approaches — narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography and case study — across philosophical assumptions, design, data col...

Sarah J. Tracy

A phronetic, problem-based introduction to qualitative research. Guides readers from research design and field access through interviewing, coding and analysis to writing...

Sherri L. Jackson

Integrates research methods with statistics through a critical thinking lens. Covers descriptive and correlational methods, experimental design, and the descriptive and i...

Hamdy A. Taha

A standard textbook on operations research. Covers linear, network, integer, dynamic and nonlinear programming, decision analysis, queueing, simulation and probabilistic ...

Timothy Teo (Editor)

An edited handbook of quantitative techniques for education researchers, covering measurement and scaling, regression, factor analysis, structural equation modelling, mul...

John W. Creswell

The third edition of Creswell's widely used framework for designing research. Compares qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches across philosophical worldvi...

Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion, Keith Morrison

The eighth edition of the widely used handbook of educational research methods. Substantially updated with material on mixed methods, internet-based research, complexity ...

Lovely Professional University

A distance-learning course text combining educational research methodology with basic statistics. Covers research types and design, sampling, tools of data collection, an...

Leonard A. Jason, David S. Glenwick (Editors)

An edited handbook presenting qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches used in community-based research. Each chapter explains a method, its underlying assu...

David Scott, Marlene Morrison

An alphabetical reference to the key concepts and debates of educational research. Each entry explains a methodological or epistemological idea, its origins and the dispu...

Sharan B. Merriam

A practical guide to designing and carrying out qualitative research. Covers types of qualitative study, sample selection, interviewing, observation and documents, data a...

R. Burke Johnson, Larry Christensen

A full-length textbook treating quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research as equal partners. Covers measurement, sampling, all major designs, data analysis and...

Ranjit Kumar

An eight-step model of the research process for beginners. Moves from formulating a problem and reviewing the literature through study design, sampling, instrument constr...

Irving Seidman

A practical guide to in-depth, phenomenologically based interviewing. Explains the three-interview series, access and participant selection, interviewing technique, ethic...

Adrian Wallwork

A workbook of exercises for non-native English speakers writing research papers. Practises concision, clarity, word order, tenses, punctuation and the language of each pa...

Robert K. Yin

A complete walkthrough of a qualitative study, from choosing a topic and design through fieldwork, data collection and analysis to composing and sharing the report, with ...

Stephen Howe, Kristina Henriksson

Over 5,000 words and phrases for writing academic papers and research reports in English, organised by the parts of a paper and by rhetorical function, with usage notes f...

Bert P.M. Creemers, Leonidas Kyriakides, Pam Sammons (Editors)

An advanced methodological text on educational effectiveness research. Covers research design, measurement, multilevel and longitudinal modelling, meta-analysis and mixed...