Getting started in your educational research : design, data production and analysis / Clive Opie and Desma Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Opie, Clive, 1953- author.

Brown, Desma, author.

Series:

Sage knowledge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019.

Summary:

A one-stop shop for anyone undertaking educational research for the first time, this text focuses on the development and application of key skills necessary for successful research, Packed with useful exercises, checklists and case studies, this book will allow the reader to apply their skills across a range of essays, presentations and reports. Using digestible language to explain complex terminology and processes simply, the authors explore working with and presenting data and the software options available to students, including NVivo, SPSS and Excel. The text will help students to: • Understand the language of educational research • Frame their research questions and design their research • Judge the quality of educational research • Explore and justify research approaches and procedures (methods) • Analyse and present their data.

Notes:

Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.

Description based on XML content.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781526480507 :

OCLC:

1228896526

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.