PART I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH

Chapter 1. The Nature of Educational Research

PART II: THE BASICS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Chapter 2. The Research Problem
Chapter 3. Variables and Hypotheses
Chapter 4. Ethics and Research
Chapter 5. Review of the Literature
Chapter 6. Sampling
Chapter 7. Instrumentation
Chapter 8. Validity and Reliability
Chapter 9. Internal Validity

PART III: DATA ANALYSIS

Chapter 10. Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 11. Inferential Statistics
Chapter 12. Statistics in Perspective

PART IV: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES

Chapter 13. Experimental Research
Chapter 14. Single-Subject Research
Chapter 15. Correlational Research
Chapter 16. Causal-Comparative Research
Chapter 17. Survey Research

PART V: INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Chapter 18. The Nature of Qualitative Research
Chapter 19. Observation and Interviewing
Chapter 20. Content Analysis

PART VI: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES

Chapter 21. Ethnographic Research
Chapter 22. Historical Research

PART VII: RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS

Chapter 23. Action Research

PART VIII: Writing Research Proposals and Reports

Chapter 24. Preparing Research Proposals and Reports