A functional approach to educational research methods and statistics qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches - Ayiro, Laban P. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012)
Includes bibliographical references and index
"An engaging and informative text on educational research and statistics, this book tries to utilize outcomes of research for the benefit of humanity. The text examines how research is conducted across the major traditions of educational research (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods). It is designed for graduate students who want to pursue statistics, and it will help them to write their thesis. The book fulfills a need for a systematic account of research concepts and the use of statistics for advanced students. The fact is that research involves interrelated activities and educators research following a general sequence of procedures. This book is demarcated into sections that reflect each step in the process of doing a study"--Provided by publisher