TY - BOOK AU - Opie,Clive AU - Opie,Clive AU - Sikes,Patricia J. TI - Doing educational research: a guide to first-time researchers SN - 9780761970026 (pbk.) : AV - LB1028 U1 - 370.72 OPI PY - 2004/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Education KW - Research KW - ukslc KW - Research methods: general KW - thema KW - Social research & statistics KW - Teacher training N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-235) and index; 1.What is educational research? -- 2.Methodology, procedures and ethical concerns -- 3.Writing research -- 4.Reliability, validity and credibility -- 5.Research approaches -- 6.Research procedures -- 7.Presenting data -- 8.Using NUD.IST -- 9.Using ATLAS.ti -- 10.Quantitative analysis: a glossary of terms N2 - Clive Opie offers a hands-on guide for students engaged in educational research. The text provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key qualitative and quantitative methods necessary for those commencing research for the first time ER -