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850996
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Hoy, Wayne K.
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| Title & Author
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Quantitative research in education : : a primer /\ Wayne K. Hoy, Curt M. Adams.
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Thousand Oaks, California :: SAGE Publictions, Inc.,, [2016]
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xvii, 157 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1483376419
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: 9781483376417
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Nature of Research and Science -- Ways of Knowing -- Objectivity -- The Nature of Science -- The Empirical Nature of Science -- Scientific Tools -- The Scientific Approach -- Problem -- Hypothesis -- Reasoning -- Testing -- Theory: A Scientific Concept -- Theory Defined -- Meaning of Reality -- Components of Theory -- Concepts and Constructs -- Assumptions and Generalizations -- The Nature of Scientific Research -- Types of Quantitative Research -- Experimental and Nonexperimental (or Ex Post Facto) Research -- Theoretical and Practical Research -- Descriptive Research -- Summary -- Check Your Understanding -- Key Terms -- ch. 2 Concepts, Variables, and Research Problems -- Concepts -- Organizational Structure: Bureaucracy -- Alienation -- School Climate -- Trust -- Self-Regulated Climate -- Academic Optimism -- Variables -- Kinds of Variables -- Operationalizing Concepts -- Research Problems -- Summary -- Check Your Understanding
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Note continued: Case III Categorical Independent and Categorical Dependent Variables -- Case IV Categorical Independent (With More Than Two Categories) and Continuous Dependent Variables -- Case V Hypotheses With More Than Two Variables -- The Invisible Condition: "Other Things Being Equal" -- Summary -- Check Your Understanding -- Key Terms -- ch. 5 Generating Hypotheses -- Ideas for New Hypotheses -- Observing, Conceptualizing, and Hypothesizing -- Searching for Theoretical Underpinnings -- Theoretical Assumptions -- Developing Theoretical Rationales and Generating Hypotheses -- More Theory: More Hypotheses -- Self-Efficacy -- Collective Efficacy -- Academic Optimism -- Summary -- Check Your Understanding -- Key Terms -- ch. 6 Practical Applications -- Collective Trust -- Culture of Trust -- Measuring Organizational Trust -- Interpreting Organizational Trust Profiles -- Organizational Climate -- Climate of Openness -- Measuring Organizational Climate
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Note continued: Interpreting Organizational Climate Profiles -- Guidelines for Improvement -- Improvement Science -- Improvement Science Cycle: Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) -- Summary -- Check Your Understanding -- Key Terms -- Appendix A Elements of a Proposal -- pt. 1 The Introduction (Chapter 1) -- pt. 2 The Literature Review (Chapter 2) -- pt. 3 Methodology (Chapter 3) -- Appendix B A Few Writing Tips.
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Note continued: Key Terms -- ch. 3 Conceptual Foundations of Statistics -- Measures of Central Tendencies -- Measures of Variability -- Normal Distribution -- Populations and Samples -- Statistical Tests -- t Test -- F Test -- Chi-Square Test -- Effect Size -- Linear Regression and Coefficient of Correlation -- Multiple Regression and Multiple Coefficient of Correlation -- Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) -- Summary -- Check Your Understanding -- Key Terms -- ch. 4 Analyzing the Structure and Substance of Hypotheses -- Hypotheses -- Kinds of Hypotheses -- Imposter and Misconceived Hypotheses -- Imposters: Only One Variable -- Incomplete Hypotheses: Something Missing -- Tautologies: Nothing New -- Unspecified and Untestable Hypotheses -- Finding Hypotheses in Research Studies -- Analyzing and Diagramming Hypotheses -- Case I Dichotomous Independent Variable and Continuous Dependent Variable -- Case II Continuous Independent and Continuous Dependent Variables
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| Abstract
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Quantitative Research in Education is a brief and practical guide to conducting research in Education. It provides a reference point for beginning educational researchers to grasp the most pertinent elements of designing and conducting research.
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Education-- Research-- Methodology.
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Quantitative research.
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Education-- Research-- Methodology.
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Education.
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Education.
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Quantitative research.
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| Dewey Classification
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370.72
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| LC Classification
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LB1028.H69 2016
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370.72723
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| Added Entry
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Adams, Curt M.
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