Research Methods in EducationRoutledge, 2007 - 638 pages This fully updated sixth edition of the international bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods currently employed by educational research at all stages. It is divided into five main parts: the context of educational research; planning educational research; styles of educational research; strategies for data collection and researching; and data analysis. The book also contains references to a comprehensive dedicated website of accompanying materials. The sixth edition includes new material on:
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... theory generation it is important to seek not only confirming cases but to weigh the significance of disconfirming cases . LeCompte and Preissle ( 1993 : 270 ) suggest that because interpretations of the data are grounded in the data ...
... theory to be tested . Indeed Mayring ( 2004 : 269 ) argues that if the research question is very open or if the study is exploratory , then more open procedures ... theory . Grounded theory , on the other hand , GROUNDED THEORY 491.
Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion, Keith R. B. Morrison. theory . Grounded theory , on the other hand , does not force data to fit with a predetermined theory ( Glaser and Strauss 1967 : 3 ) ; indeed the difference between inductive and ...
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Introduction | 5 |
The assumptions and nature | 11 |
Part 2 | 63 |
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