This thoroughly updated and extended eighth edition of the long-running
bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of
methods employed by educational research at all stages. Its five main
parts cover: the context of educational research; research design;
methodologies for educational research; methods of data collection; and
data analysis and reporting. It continues to be the go-to text for
students, academics and researchers who are undertaking, understanding
and using educational research, and has been translated into several
languages. It offers plentiful and rich practical advice, underpinned by
clear theoretical foundations, research evidence and up-to-date
references, and it raises key issues and questions for researchers
planning, conducting, reporting and evaluating research.
This edition contains new chapters on:
- Mixed methods research
- The role of theory in educational research
- Ethics in Internet research
- Research questions and hypotheses
- Internet surveys
- Virtual worlds, social network software and netography in educational
research
- Using secondary data in educational research
- Statistical significance, effect size and statistical power
- Beyond mixed methods: using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to
integrate cross-case and within-case analyses.
Research Methods in Education is essential reading for both the
professional researcher and anyone involved in educational and social
research. The book is supported by a wealth of online materials,
including PowerPoint slides, useful weblinks, practice data sets,
downloadable tables and figures from the book, and a virtual,
interactive, self-paced training programme in research methods. These
resources can be found at: www.routledge.com/cw/cohen.
