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Chapter 1: The Process of Conducting Research
Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Edition 5
John W. Creswell
By the end of this chapter,
you should be able to:
Define and describe the importance of educational research
Describe the six steps in the process of research
Identify the characteristics of quantitative and qualitative research in the six steps
Identify the type of research designs associated with quantitative and qualitative research
Discuss important ethical issues in conducting research
Recognize skills needed to design and conduct research
What Is Research?
The researcher poses a question.
The researcher collects data to answer the question.
The researcher presents an answer to the question.
Importance of Research
Reason 1: Research adds to our knowledge.
Addresses gaps in knowledge
Expands knowledge
Replicates knowledge
Adds voices of individuals to knowledge
Importance of Research (cont’d)
Reason 2: Research helps improve practice.
Educators gain new ideas for their job.
Educators gain new insights into approaches.
Educators can connect with other educators.
Importance of Research (cont’d)
Reason 3: Research helps inform policy debates.
Research allows people to weigh different perspectives on issues.
Research enables people to make informed decisions regarding policy.
Problems with Research Today
Contradictory or vague findings
Questionable data
Unclear statements about the intent of the study
Lack of full disclosure of the data collection procedure
Inarticulate rendering of the research problem
The Process of Research
Identify the
Research Problem
Review the
Literature
Report
and
Evaluate Research
Specify a
Research
Purpose
Collect Data
Analyze and
Interpret
Data
The Process of Research:
Identify the Research Problem
Specify a problem
Justify a problem
Suggest a need to study the problem for audiences
The Process of Research:
Review the Literature
Locate resources
Books
Journals
Electronic resources
Choose resources to include in the review
Summarize the literature in a written report
The Process of Research:
Specify a Research Purpose
Identify the purpose statement
The major intent of the study
The participants in the study
The site of the study
Narrow the purpose statement to research questions
The Research Process:
Collect Data
Determine the data collection method
Select the individuals to study
Obtain permissions
Design data collection instruments and outline data collection procedures
Gather data
The Research Process:
Analyze and Interpret Data
Take the data apart to look at individual responses
Represent the data in tables, figures, and pictures
Explain conclusions from the data that address the research questions
The Research Process:
Report and Evaluate Research
Report research
Determine the audience for the report
Structure the report
Write the report sensitively and accurately
Evaluate research
Assess the quality of research using recognized standards in a discipline
Standards can come from the academic community, school districts, or federal or state agencies
RESEARCH PROCESS
Research Problem
Research Questions
Literature Review
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Research Designs
Quantitative Designs
-Experimental
-Correlational
-Survey
Combined Designs
-Mixed methods
-Action research
Qualitative Designs
-Grounded theory
-Ethnography
-Narrative
Sampling
Instruments
Data Analysis
Interpretation
Discussion, Conclusions, Limitations, Future Research
The Major Characteristics of Quantitative Research
Describe a research problem through trends and relationships
Provide a major role for the literature to suggest questions and justify the research problem
Create purpose statements, research questions, and hypotheses that are specific, narrow, measureable, and observable
The Major Characteristics of Quantitative Research (cont’d)
Collect numeric data from a large number of people using instruments
Analyze data for trends, group comparisons, and relationships among variables
Write the research report using standard, fixed structures and an objective, unbiased approach
The Major Characteristics of Qualitative Research
Explore a problem through obtaining a detailed understanding of a central phenomenon
Have the literature justify the problem and play a minor role
State the purpose and research questions in a general, open-ended way
The Major Characteristics of Qualitative Research (cont’d)
Collect data from a small number of participants
Analyze the data using text analysis to obtain detailed descriptions and themes
Write the research report using flexible and emerging structures and incorporating the researchers’ subjective reflexivity and bias
Similarities Between Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Both forms of research follow the six steps in the process of research
Both forms of research have introductions that establish the importance of the research problem
Both forms of research use interviews and observations
Differences Between Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Quantitative data collection is more closed-ended; qualitative data collection is more open-ended
Quantitative data analysis is based on statistics; qualitative data analysis is based on text or image analysis
Quantitative reporting has a set structure; qualitative data reporting is more flexible
Factors in Deciding to Use Quantitative or Qualitative Research
Match type of research to your research problem
Fit type of research to your audiences
Relate type of research to your experiences and training
Quantitative Designs and Uses
Experimental
Research
Correlational
Research
Survey
Research
Explaining whether an
intervention influences
an outcome for one
group as opposed to
another group
Associating or
relating variables
in a predictable
pattern for one
group of individuals
Describing trends for
the population of
people
Intervention
Research
Nonintervention
Research
Qualitative Designs and Uses
Ethnographic
Research
Grounded Theory
Research
Narrative
Research
Exploring the shared
culture of a group
Exploring common
experiences of
individuals to
develop a theory
Exploring individual
stories to describe
the lives of people
Combined Designs and Uses
Mixed Methods
Research
Action
Research
Combining quantitative and qualitative data to understand and
explain a research problem better
Using quantitative and qualitative data for individuals to study problems that they face in their setting
Important Ethical Issues in Conducting Research
Learn about the procedures involved in applying for approval from your campus institutional review board
Recognize guidelines from professional associations
Use ethical practices throughout research
Use respectful data collection procedures
Show respect to audiences who read and use research study information
Skills Needed for Research
Curiosity to solve puzzles
Long attention spans
Library and computer resource skills
Writing and editing skills
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