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QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH FOR THE QUALITATIVE RESEARCHER
Laura M. O'Dwyer, Boston College • James A. Bernauer, Boston College
This concise, supplemental text provides qualitatively oriented students and researchers with the requisite skills for
conducting quantitative research. Throughout the book, authors Laura M. O'Dwyer and James A. Bernauer provide ample
support and guidance to prepare readers both cognitively and attitudinally to conduct high quality research in the
quantitative tradition. Highlighting the complementary nature of quantitative and qualitative research, they effectively
explain the fundamental structure and purposes of design, measurement, and statistics within the framework of a research
report, (including a dissertation). The text encourages the reader to see quantitative methodology for what it is, a process
for systematically discovering new knowledge that can help describe, explain, and predict the world around us.
CONTENTS SECTION I: AN OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: QUALITATIVE MEETS QUANTITATIVE / 1. Understanding the Purpose of
Research in the Qualitative and Quantitative Traditions / 2. An Overview of the Qualitative Tradition and Connections to the Quantitative Tradition / 3.
Overview of Research in the Quantitative Tradition / SECTION II: THE SINE QUA NON FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN THE QUANTITATIVE TRADITION /
4. Choosing Research Participants and Making Generalizations: Sampling and External Validity / 5. Measurement and Instrumentation in Quantitative
Research / 6. Minimizing Alternative Explanations for Research Findings: Internal Validity / SECTION III: RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS IN THE
QUANTITATIVE TRADITION / 7. Non-Experimental Research Designs / 8. Experimental Research Designs / 9. Descriptive Analyses for Data Generated by
Quantitative Research / 10. Inferential Analyses for Data Generated by Quantitative Research / 11. The Complementary Natures of Quantitative and
Qualitative Research
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-9779-9 • ©2014 •328 PAGES • • • SAGE
DIGGING DEEPER INTO ACTION RESEARCH: A Teacher Inquirer's Field Guide
Nancy Fichtman Dana, University of Florida, Gainesville
With real-life vignettes, self-guided worksheets, and an included DVD, this is the go-to guide each time your teachers
embark on a new inquiry. Dana shows how to reframe initial wonderings into pointed inquiries, analyze both qualitative
and quantitative data, and draw action-research topics out of discussions with colleagues.
CONTENTS 1. Why Do Teacher Research Anyway? / 2. Developing and Fine-Tuning Your Wondering / 3. Developing and Fine-Tuning Your Research
Plan / 4. Analyzing Your Data / 5. Presenting Your Research / 6. On Your Way: Teacher Research as a Way of Being in the World
PAPERBACK W/CD ISBN: 978-1-4522-4195-1 • ©2013 • 120 PAGES • CORWIN
INQUIRING INTO THE COMMON CORE
Nancy Fichtman Dana, Jamey Bolton Burns, and Rachel Wolkenhauer, all of University of Florida, Gainesville
While the Common Core couldn't be clearer about what to teach, they never quite tackle how to teach. That's what makes
Inquiring into the Common Core such an essential resource. It offers teachers an inquiry-based professional development
model for achieving greater understanding of the standards themselves, then determining best ways to realize desired
outcomes. How exactly does the model work? Teachers take charge of their own professional development by posing
questions, or wonderings, to stimulate action and higher-level insight into the big ambitions of the Common Core. At the very
same time, they engage in a parallel process of inquiry with their students in service of the very same goals.
CONTENTS 1. The Common Core and Inquiry / 2. Teacher Inquiry: The Basics / 3. Teacher Inquiry Into the Common Core: The Story of Lareal / 4. Student
Inquiry: The Basics / 5. Student Inquiry and the Common Core: The Story of Mary / 6. Making the Common Core Come Alive Through Inquiry: Lessons Learned
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-7426-3 • ©2013 • 112 PAGES • • CORWIN
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN EDUCATION: A User's Guide THIRD EDITION
Marilyn Lichtman, Virginia Tech
This Third Edition continues to bring together the essential elements of qualitative research, including traditions and
influences in the field and practical, step-by-step coverage of each stage of the research process. Synthesizing the
best thinking on conducting qualitative research in education, author Marilyn Lichtman uses a conversational writing
style that draws readers into the excitement of the research process. Real-world examples provide both practical and
theoretical information, helping readers understand abstract ideas and apply them to their own research.
CONTENTS PART I: TRADITIONS AND INFLUENCES / 1. Introduction and Overview of the Field / 2. Learning How to Be a Qualitative Researcher /
3. Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research / 4. Designing Your Research: Five Popular Research Approaches / 5. Designing Your Research: Additional
Research Approaches / PART II: GATHERING, ORGANIZING, AND ANALYZING / 6. Social Media, the Internet, and Technology / 7. Embarking on
Qualitative Research / 8. Reflexivity and Subjectivity / 9. The Role and Function of a Literature Review / 10. Learning About Others Through
Interviewing / 11. Learning About Others Through Observations and Other Techniques / Part III: Putting It All Together / 12. Making Meaning From
Your Data / 13. Communicating Your Ideas / 14. Judging and Evaluating / 15. Thinking About the Future
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-9532-0 • ©2013 • 368 PAGES • • • SAGE
