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Author Best, John W.

Title Research in education / John W. Best, James V. Kahn
Edition Seventh edition
Published Boston : Allyn and Bacon, [1993]
©1993

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 MELB  370.78 B561R7  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 435 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents The meaning of research -- Selecting a problem and preparing a research proposal -- The research report -- Historical research -- Descriptive studies : assessment, evaluation, and research -- Experimental and quasi-experimental research -- Single-subject experimental research -- Qualitative research -- Methods and tools of research -- Descriptive data analysis -- Inferential data analysis -- Computer data analysis -- Appendix A: Statistical formulas and symbols -- Appendix B: Percentage of area lying between the mean and successive standard deviation units under the normal curve -- Appendix C: Critical values for Pearson's product-moment correlation (r) -- Appendix D: Critical values of student's distribution (t) -- Appendix E: Abridged table of critical values for chi square -- Appendix F: Critical values of the F distribution -- Appendix G: Research course report evaluation -- Appendix H: Answers to statistics exercises -- Appendix I: Selected indexes, abstracts, and reference materials
Notes Appendices (p. 389-411) include statistical tables and answers to exercises
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-423) and indexes
Subject Education -- Research.
Author Kahn, James V., 1948-
LC no. 92020516
ISBN 0205142249