Table of Contents

• PART I: The fundamentals
• 1. The nature and tools of research
• PART II: Focusing your research efforts
• 2. The problem: The heart of the research process
• 3. Review of the related literature
• 4. Planning your research project
• 5. Writing the research proposal
• PART III: Research designs
• 6. Descriptive research
• 7. Experimental, quasi-experimental and ex-post facto designs
• 8. Qualitative research methods
• 9. Mixed-methods designs
• 10. Action research
• PART IV: Data analyses
• 11. Analyzing quantitative data
• 12. Analyzing qualitative and mixed-methods data
• PART V: Research reports
• 13. Planning and preparing a final research report
• APPENDICES
• Appendix A: Using a spreadsheet
• Appendix B: Using SPSS
• Glossary