Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications

by Lorraine R. Gay, Peter W. Airasian

This market-leading book offers all the skills and procedures readers need to become competent consumers and producers of educational research. It uses a direct, step-by-step approach to the topic, while placing a strong emphasis on evaluation of reader performance. The accessible writing style and light, humorous tone demystify this demanding course. This comprehensive instructional resource encompasses the full spectrum of the field, making it appropriate as a core book for an introductory course in educational research. Includes expanded coverage of qualitative methods and learning to read and evaluate research effectively. Helps readers develop a complete quantitative research study, a qualitative research design, and an action research design. For professionals in the field of educational research.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Research, Grad School, Textbooks, Psychology, Counselling

624 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Shana Elbrecht]

This was an amazingly helpful book as I wrote my literature review and crafted the frame for my thesis. It is so practical and organized, and I like how the mentor texts it presents are both strong and weak models. It is clear-cut and straightforward: everything I like in a nonfiction text.

[Robert]

This is another book I had for my educational research program during my MST program.

[Carly]

I'm just glad it's over.

I'll never understand why I had to read a book about how to do educational research (ie, write a thesis)...when my program does not require that I do so.

Sigh. Only 5 more chapters, and I could count as fully read. Not worth it.

[Julie]

I actually enjoyed using this book to help me to complete my research project. I recommend this for someone who is completing research in education or other disciplines. The examples are very clear to understand and I appreciate the reference charts at the back of the book.

[Erin McDonnell-Jones]

Good book for its topic. The book used examples to help explain different types of research.

[Patti Irwin]

It may be due to my advancing age and I don’t absorb info as well as I used to but this was the hardest slog and most frustrating textbook I’ve ever had to deal with and that includes incredibly badly written and highly abstract literary theory. I usually quite line getting current on latest trends in research in education but this defeated me.

[Darca]

Extremely helpful as I created a reaearch project.

[Becca]

Useful.

[Jessica]

If you're into educational research, this is the book for you.
If you're like me and it's required reading for class, I'm sorry! Good Luck!

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[Ronald J. Pauleus]

Very interesting book on research. It went in depth and showed me how thoroughly research must be.

[Morgan]

The humor was oddly placed at times, but a great insight into educational research.

[David Guerra]

If you are doing any kind of Higher Ed Research, please start here.

[Emily]

read for grad class

[Bronson Baker]

This book really helped me understand how important educational research really is!

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[McKenzie]

I think a lot of the low reviews of this textbook are more related to the dryness of its topic than to any flaws in the writing. Learning about quantiative and qualitative research is just frankly not that interesting, but I appreciated the authors' attempts to acknowledge that the subject matter can be boring, and the descriptions were usually clear and useful. I will probably refer back to this book while writing my thesis, so it has been helpful.

[Erica Marcus]

This book is mind-numblingly dull and I wish I didn't have to read it. However, if I had any interest in conducting my own experiments, this book seems to offer the background knowledge I need to get started.

[Tanesha]

Qualitative vs quantitative research. Samples, variables, coefficients, types of research, etc.

[Brooke]

The book was ok, but I would not recommend it for people who have not taken Research Methods or stats at the college level before.

[Fahmibo]

how to read this book? i cant understand how to read

[Iram]

it is really a good book.

[Lee Anne]

Yay.

[Tan Hokcuan]

I think this book really helpful for those as researcher.

[ADNAN JAN]

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[ADNAN JAN]

its too much easy and have good ideas about reserch

[Shawn Bird]

Whew! What a slog!

[M. Shipley]

I read most of it for my class. It is a really great source for anyone planning a dissertation or thesis. I plan to use it extensively when/if I get to may dissertation....

[Muhammad Ajmal]

this is the very good book

[Rizza Mae]

participatory study