PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
1: The Nature of Educational Research

PART 2: THE BASICS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
2: The Research Problem
3: Variables and Hypotheses
4: Ethics and Research
5: Locating and Reviewing Literature
6: Sampling
7: Instrumentation
9: Internal Validity

PART 3: DATA ANALYSIS
10: Descriptive Statistics
11: Inferential Statistics
12: Statistics in Perspective

PART 4: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
13: Experimental Research
14: Single-Subject Research
15: Correlational Research
16: Causal-Comparative Research
17: Survey Research

PART 5: INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
18: The Nature of Qualitative Research
19: Observation and Interviewing
20: Content Analysis

PART 6: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
21: Ethnographic Research
22: Historical Research

PART 7: MIXED-METHODS STUDIES
23: Mixed-Methods Research

PART 8: RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS
24: Action Research

PART 9: WRITING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS
25: Preparing Research Proposals and Reports
Appendix A: Portion of a Table of Random Numbers
Appendix B: Selected Values from a Normal Curve Table
Appendix C: Chi-Square Distribution Appendix D: Using SPSS