INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH: METHODOLOGY OF DESIGN IN THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SECOND EDITION

Carter V. Good Introduction to Educational Research METHODOLOGY OF DESIGN IN THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES This is an introductory book on research methods for field workers and university students. It is intended to serve the purposes of both producers and consumers of research, with research presented as a method of problem-solving or of finding answers to significant hypotheses or questions. The extensive updating of the second edition includes many new illustrations and references from the research literature of the past few years, complete revision of the chapter bibliographies, and additional subheadings for new content throughout the book, although the basic structure or organization of the original chapters has been retained. The series of chapters follows the sequence or steps of reflective thinking or problem-solving, although it is recognized that there is frequently a shuttle-like movement from hypothesis to data to tentative conclusions and often back to formulation and testing of a new hypothesis until the correct answer or interpretation is found. These steps in research and in development of a graduate thesis or project include formulation of the problem, together with a survey of the pertinent literature; selection and use of an appropriate data-gathering procedure, including analysis and interpretation of the evidence; and preparation of the research or technical report. In this book analysis and interpretation of data are presented in the functional setting of the chapters on research methods rather than as separate discussions. In the field of education generally and in educational research particularly there is room for courses and books dealing with different procedures or methods of investigation. When a student, professor, or author seeks to determine the most effective approach to evidence on a particular problem, inevitably a choice must be made between different methods and procedures for assembling and interpreting necessary data. Many graduate departments of education offer at least three types of research “methods” courses, in an attempt to provide students with the tools of problem-solving.

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