Cohen, Louis,  1928- <br/><br/>
Research methods in education / 
Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrison. 
 - 5th ed. 
 - London :  RoutledgeFalmer,  2000. 
 - xvi, 446p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 1994. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-437) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I.The context of educational research -- 1.The nature of inquiry -- Part 2.Planning educational research -- 2.The ethics of educational and social research -- 3.Research design issues: planning research -- 4.Sampling -- 5.validity and reliability -- Part 3.Styles of educational research -- 6.Naturalistic and ethnographic research -- 7.Historical research -- 8.Surveys, longitudinal,  cross-sectional and trend studies -- 9.Case studies -- 10.Correlational reserarch -- 11.Ex post facto research -- 12.Experiments, quasi-experiments and single-case research -- 13.Action research -- Part 4.Strategies for data collection and researching -- 14.Questionnaires -- 15.Interviews -- 16.Accounts -- 17.Observation -- 18.Tests - 19.Personal constructs -- 20.Muti-dimensional measurement - 21.Role-playing -- Part 5.Recent developments in educational research -- 22.Recent developments. 
<br/><br/> Redesigned to cater for the increasingly sophisticated needs of the educational researcher, this updated text covers developments in research practice, developments in ICT, questionnaire design, analysis and observational methods etc. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415195416 (pbk.) :  £17.99 9780415195416 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education--Research--Methodology<br/>Education--Research--Methodology--Great Britain<br/>Education.<br/>Philosophy & theory of education<br/>Higher & further education, tertiary education<br/>Social research & statistics<br/>Education
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1028  / .C572 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370.72 COH