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Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology
Integrating Diversity With Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods

Fourth Edition
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© 2015 | 536 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Focused on increasing the credibility of research and evaluation, the Fourth Edition of Donna M. Mertens’s comprehensive Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity with Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods incorporates the viewpoints of various research paradigms into its descriptions of these methods. Providing specific advice on conducting research in culturally complex communities, the new edition has been updated to align with the American Psychological Association and the National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education accreditation requirements. Approximately sixty percent of the content in the Fourth Edition is new, updated with numerous contemporary examples, making this book one of the most comprehensive, accessible, and practical methods books available.
 
Preface
 
About the Author
 
1. An Introduction to Research
 
2. Evaluation
 
3. Literature Review and Focusing the Research
 
4. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research
 
5. Causal Comparative and Correlational Approaches
 
6. Survey Methods
 
7. Single-Case Research
 
8. Qualitative Methods
 
9. History and Narrative Study of Lives
 
10. Mixed Methods Research
 
11. Sampling
 
12. Data Collection
 
13. Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Use
 
Appendix: Writing the Research Proposal
 
References
 
Author Index
 
Subject Index

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  • Web resources are included for further research and insights.
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The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:

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  • Web links direct you to useful and current web resources to reinforce learning or allow for further research on important chapter topics. 

“The organization of the text reflects the author’s intent, philosophy, and objectives . . . [Mertens] clearly presents approaches, descriptions, and many examples useful in conducting studies; she is to be commended for the thoroughness of her work.”

Frank D. Adams, Wayne State College

“Very comprehensive for beginning doctoral students . . . I wish more authors recognized the importance of addressing diverse perspectives and approaches.”

Linda A. Pursley, Lesley University

“As a researcher, the presentation offers a fresh approach. It is critical to look at research from a transformative paradigm. Most methods texts do not even attempt to do this.”

Cynthia J. MacGregor, Missouri State University

“Excellent descriptions, definitions, examples, and narrative about social science theory and the various paradigms. Mertens [first] breaks these challenging concepts into increments and then continues to use the paradigmatic language throughout the text. This allows students new to the material to contextualize methodology, method, and paradigm . . . This is useful as students grapple with understanding how each of these tenets differs and how they are interconnected. This text does the best job in explaining these challenging theories. Mertens’ use [of] a wide variety of social identities to provide her examples makes the text inclusive of a variety of diverse identities. It is also useful to see the differences between [research and evaluation] and to select methods appropriate to the intention of the inquiry.”

Katrina L. Rodriguez, University of Northern Colorado

Very good book about research - not only for psychologists, but for anybody who deals with surveys, questionnaires, experiments and/or qualitative methods.

Miss Agnieszka Zablocki
Department of Marketing/Institute for International Marketing Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business
June 7, 2016
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Key features

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

  • Increased focus on using technology in research brings the text thoroughly up to date
  • New and expanded Sample Studies demonstrate the methods described
  • New and updated examples drawn from marginalized populations maintain the book’s truly comprehensive and relevant perspective
  • Aligns with the latest APA and NCATE accreditation standards, by increasing the focus on issues related to cultural competency
  • Includes updated information about mixed methods, and integrates more mixed methods into chapters on sampling, data collection, and data analysis

KEY FEATURES:

  • Postpositivist, constructivist, transformative, and pragmatic paradigms discussed, showing how researchers’ views of the world underlie their choice of research approaches
  • Conducting research in culturally complex communities emphasized throughout
  • Provides a step-by-step overview of the entire research process
  • Accompanied by a website with PowerPoint slides, links to flashcards, and SAGE journal articles at www.sagepub.com/mertens4e
  • Offers detailed explanation of how to write a literature review and plan a dissertation
  • Pedagogy includes Extending Your Thinking throughout, providing opportunity for critical application of concepts

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