TY - BOOK AU - Wiersma,William AU - Jurs,Stephen G. TI - Research methods in education: an introduction SN - 0205406092 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Education KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Educational research : its nature and characteristics -- Identification of a research problem -- The review of the literature -- Research design in quantitative research -- Experimental research -- Quasi-experimental research -- Nonexperimental quantitative research -- Research design in qualitative research -- Historical research -- Ethnographic research -- Mixed, modeling, and Delphi methods -- Sampling designs -- Measurement and data collection -- Data analysis : descriptive statistics -- Data analysis : inferential statistics -- Communicating about research -- Evaluating research reports ER -