TY - BOOK AU - Cohen,Louis AU - Manion,Lawrence AU - Morrison,Keith TI - Research Methods in Education SN - 9780203029053 U1 - 370.72 COH PY - 2007/// CY - Hoboken PB - Taylor & Francis KW - Cohen, Louis. KW - Education KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Great Britain KW - fast N1 - Include bibliography referencing and index; Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: The context of educational research; 1 The nature of inquiry -- Setting the field; Part Two: Planning educational research; 2 The ethics of educational and social research; 3 Planning educational research; 4 Sampling; 5 Sensitive educational research; 6 Validity and reliability; Part Three: Styles of educational research; 7 Naturalistic and ethnographic research; 8 Historical and documentary research; 9 Surveys, longitudinal, cross-sectional and trend studies N2 - This fully updated sixth edition of the international bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods currently employed by educational research at all stages. It is divided into five main parts: the context of educational research; planning educational research; styles of educational research; strategies for data collection and researching; and data analysis. The book also contains references to a comprehensive dedicated website of accompanying materials. The sixth edition includes new material on:.:.; complexity theory, ethics, sampling and sensitive educational re ER -