Educational Research and Statistics

Contents: Preface. 1. Structure of educational research. 2. Educational research process. 3. Different research designs. 4. Educational, research in India. 5. Action research. 6. Research report. 7. Sampling in research. 8. Data collection in statistics. 9. Measures of central tendency. 10. Hypothesis testing. 11. Chi-square test. Bibliography.

"At present, the conditions under which the education research is carried out in Third World differ in significant respects from the conditions in the developed countries. But the conduct of education research is an important issue. We do rely increasingly upon social science methods to gather data which is used by government both for development planning and in day-to-day administration. The results of social inquiry are not just fed back to follow academics, but are used to influence the life chances of millions upon millions of people. The means by which research data are collected, and the quality of the data which result are therefore issues of major importance." (jacket)