Research methods in education

Preface 1. The Best Possible Answer to the Best Possible Question 2. Experimental Comparison Designs 3. Single-Case Experimental Designs 4. Nonexperimental Quantitative Designs 5. Qualitative Research 6. Measures and Sampling 7. Internal and External Validity: Is This a Good Research Design? 8. Planning and Implementing the Study 9. A Practical Guide to Statistics 10. Statistics by Computer 11. Writing Up the Project: Dissertations and Articles Appendix 1:. Percentage of Area Lying between the Mean and Successive Standard Deviation Units under the Normal Curve Appendix 2:. Critical Values of the t Distribution Appendix 3:. Critical Values of the F Distribution Appendix 4:. Critical Values of the Chi Square (X2) Distribution Appendix 5:. Answers to Exercises for Chapters 9 and 10 Glossary References Index