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Focused on fully discussing what is considered to be "good" research, Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology explains quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, and incorporates the viewpoints of various research paradigms into its descriptions of these methods. The work covers four major paradigms: postpositivist, constructivist, transformative, and pragmatic. Special emphasis is provided on conducting research in culturally complex communities, based on the perspectives of feminists, ethnic/racial minorities, and people with disabilities. In each chapter, Donna M. Mertens carefully explains a step of the research process, from the literature review to analysis and reporting. Additionally, she includes a sample study and abstract in each chapter to illustrate the concepts discussed in that section of the book. Now in its third edition, Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology is perfect as a core text for research courses in departments of education, psychology, and sociology, as well as social work and other human services disciplines. It can be used by itself or in conjunction with other texts focusing on specific methodologies.

Key Features

Explains quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods in detail

Covers four major paradigms: Postpositivist, constructivist, transformative, and pragmatic

Emphasizes conducting research in culturally complex communities, based on the perspectives of feminist, ethnic/racial minorities, and people with disabilities

Offers a step-by-step overview of the research process from literature review to analysis and reporting

Presents sample studies and abstracts in each chapter to illustrate concepts

New to this Edition

Accompanied with a Student Web site with links to flashcards, mini-cases, and SAGE journal articles

Produced in an attractive 2-color format

Includes thoroughly updated examples and references to current developments in research methods, evaluation and cultural issues throughout the text

Presents more details on mixed methods design

Incorporates the third edition of the Program Evaluation Standards

Presents universal design principles in data collection

Offers more examples throughout the text

Provides more ideas on how to write a literature review and to plan a dissertation

Contains more pedagogy including "Extending Your Thinking" added throughout

Gives additional depth to the pragmatic paradigm presented in Chapter 1

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Chapter 1 An Introduction to Research
• Chapter 2 Evaluation
• Chapter 3 Literature Review and Focusing the Research
• Chapter 4 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research
• Chapter 5 Causal Comparative and Correlational Research
• Chapter 6 Survey Methods
• Chapter 7 Single-Case Research
• Chapter 8 Qualitative Methods
• Chapter 9 History and Narrative Study of Lives
• Chapter 10 Mixed Methods Research
• Chapter 11 Sampling
• Chapter 12 Data Collection
• Chapter 13 Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Use

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Donna M. Mertens is Professor Emeritus, Department of Education, at Gallaudet University. She taught research methods and program evaluation to deaf and hearing students at the MA and PhD levels for over 30 years. She now teaches courses and professional development workshops around the world.

She conducts research and evaluation studies on such topics as improvement of special education services in international settings, planning for the inclusion of students with disabilities in neighborhood schools, enhancing the educational experiences of students with disabilities, preventing sexual abuse in residential schools for deaf students, improving access to the court systems for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, and improving the preparation of teachers of the deaf through appropriate use of instructional technology. Her research focuses on improving methods of inquiry by integrating the perspectives of those who have experienced oppression in our society. She draws on the writings of feminists, racial and ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities, as well as Indigenous peoples who have addressed the issues of power and oppression and their implications for research methodology.

Dr. Mertens has made numerous presentations at the meetings of the American Educational Research Association, American Evaluation Association, Australasian Evaluation Society, Association for College Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, International Sociological Association, Mixed Methods International Research Association, American Psychological Association, African Evaluation Association, Canadian Evaluation Society, Visitors Studies Association, and other organizations that explore these themes. She served as president and board member of the American Evaluation Association from 1997 to 2002 and as a member of the Board of Trustees for the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation, 2002-2003. She served as editor for the Journal of Mixed Methods Research 2009-2014.

Her publications include four edited volumes, Indigenous Pathways to Social Research (coedited with Fiona Cram and Bagele Chilisa, 2013), Handbook of Social Research Ethics (coedited with Pauline Ginsberg, 2009), Creative Ideas for Teaching Evaluation (1989), and Research and Inequality (coedited with Carole Truman and Beth Humphries, 2000), and several authored books, including Mixed Methods Design in Evaluation (2018), Program Evaluation: A Comprehensive Guide (2nd ed.) (with Amy Wilson, 2018), Transformative Research and Evaluation (2009), Research and Evaluation Methods in Special Education (coauthored with John McLaughlin, 2004), and Parents and Their Deaf Children (coauthored with Kay Meadow-Orlans and Marilyn Sass Lehrer, 2003). She also publishes many chapters and articles in edited volumes, encyclopedias, handbooks, and journals, such as Journal of Mixed Methods Research, Qualitative Social Work, Eye on Psi Chi, Educational Researcher, International Journal of Mixed Methods Research, New Directions for Program Evaluation, American Journal of Evaluation, American Annals of the Deaf , Studies in Educational Evaluation , and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis .