Introduction to educational research : a critical thinking approach /
Newton W. Suter.
- Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Pub, 2006.
- xxx 465 p.: 26 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index
Foundations -- Educators as critical thinkers -- Thinking about research -- Diversity of educational research -- Research as process -- The research problem -- Research language -- Theory and practice -- Data collection -- Research bias and control -- Sampling in research -- Measurement in research -- Design and analysis -- Common experimental research designs -- Common nonexperimental research designs -- Qualitative design and analysis -- Statistical data analysis -- Consumer to producer -- Research analysis and critique -- Writing research proposals.