Fundamentals of Educational Research

This text aims to cut through the complexities of educational research to give the novice reader a sound basis to define, develop, and conduct study, while providing insights for even the accomplished reader.
This text aims to cut through the complexities of educational research to give the novice reader a sound basis to define, develop, and conduct study, while providing insights for even the accomplished reader. It should of value to social researchers, but in particular to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers employed in private industry, management and government agencies. The author discusses the research process and offers a research framework: collect the data, analyze it and write it into a credible paper or thesis. He balances the the quantitative and qualitative perspectives through both the academic and consulting research traditions.