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eBook Educational Research Fundamental Principles and Methods [rental 8th Edition] By James H McMillan
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The Educational Research: Fundamental Principles and Methods (8th Edition) by James H. McMillan covers foundational topics across quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research designs. The textbook is structured to help students locate, evaluate, and critically read educational research, while providing a non-technical introduction to conducting empirical studies. [1, 2, 3]
The topics covered across its core sections include: [1]
Part I: Getting Ready for Research
- Introduction to Research in Education: The role of empirical inquiry in education, distinguishing between various research types and methodologies. [1]
- Ethical Issues, Principles, and Practices: Crucial ethical frameworks, institutional review board (IRB) roles, and protecting human subjects in educational environments. [1, 2]
- Research Problems and Questions: Framing viable research problems, developing specific hypotheses, and refining clear research questions. [1, 2]
- Locating and Reviewing Related Literature: Best strategies for conducting literature reviews using tools like Google Scholar to contextualize findings. [1, 2]
Part II: Quantitative Research
- Participants and Sampling for Quantitative Designs: Principles of participant selection, sample sizing, probability, and non-probability sampling.
- Foundations of Educational Measurement: Understanding score reliability, instrument validity, and basic descriptive statistics.
- Quantitative Data Collection Techniques: Methods including surveys, localized tests, and standardized questionnaires.
- Nonexperimental Quantitative Research Designs: Executing descriptive, comparative, and correlational research methodologies.
- Experimental Research Designs: True experimental and quasi-experimental designs, alongside controls for internal validity.
- Understanding Statistical Inferences: A non-technical overview of how inferential statistics are applied to draw broader conclusions from data sets. [1, 2, 3]
Part III: Qualitative Research
- Qualitative Research Designs: Structural introduction to qualitative modalities such as case studies, ethnography, and phenomenology.
- Qualitative Data Collection: Methods of gathering descriptive, non-numerical data using field interviews, observations, and artifacts.
- Qualitative Data Analysis, Validity/Trustworthiness, and Reporting: Frameworks for analyzing text, ensuring study credibility/trustworthiness, and presenting descriptive conclusions. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Key Updates New to the 8th Edition
- Qualitative Data Analysis: Features an entirely new, standalone chapter dedicated specifically to qualitative data analysis frameworks.
- Writing Research Proposals: Incorporates a new chapter on crafting educational research proposals, structural reporting, and article composition.
- The "Signal and the Noise" Metaphor: Expanded throughout this edition to give readers an accessible concept for identifying meaningful data patterns. [1, 2]
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