Methods of Educational and Social Science Research: An Integrated Approach

by David R. Krathwohl

Designed to better serve master's level students while meeting needs of doctoral level students in educational research methods, this text provides a comprehensive framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating studies. The only text of its kind to be modeled around the concept of "how research becomes accepted as knowledge," it offers substantial treatment of research by practitioners (Ch. 23). The Qualitative End (expanded from 5 chapters to Sec. 4); The Qualitative/Quantitative Middle (represented by survey research - Sec. 5); and The Quantitative End (Section 6) help readers realize that they are not confined to either one or the other, but may choose from, merge, and creatively adapt them. In the new edition, the discussion of meta-analysis has been expanded to chapter length (Ch. 21) and the ethics coverage (Ch. 10) is introduced before the research approaches chapters. New appendix on writing a research proposal helpful to doctoral and masters students doing theses. Best used by professors wanting a comprehensive, weighty text.

Genres: Research Methods

742 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a core methodologies book for my Ph.D. research. It helped me understand how to design and conduct social sciences research to obtain results that would have greater internal and external validity. It was indispensable. I highly recommend Krathwohl to any social science researcher.