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Table of ContentsAppendix D: Glossary
Chapter 1: Introduction to Evidence-Based Inquiry
Chapter 2: Research Designs and Reading Research Reports
Chapter 3: Research Problems, Questions and Hypotheses
Chapter 4: Review of Literature
Chapter 5: Designing Quantitative Research: Purpose, Validity, and Ethical Considerations
Chapter 6: Participants, Subjects and Sampling for Quantitative Designs
Chapter 7: Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 8: Quantitative Data Collection: Technical Adequacy
Chapter 9: Collecting Quantitative Data
Chapter 10: Nonexperimental Research Designs, Surveys, and Secondary Data Analysis
Chapter 11: Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Single-Subject Designs
Chapter 12: Understanding and Reporting Inferential Data Analyses
Chapter 13: Designing Qualitative Research
Chapter 14: Collecting Qualitative Data
Chapter 15: Qualitative Data Analysis
Chapter 16: Mixed-Methods Designs
Chapter 17: Concept Analysis and Historical Research
Chapter 18: Evaluation Research and Policy Analysis
Chapter 19: Action Research
Appendix A: Answers to Application Problems
Appendix B: Guidelines for Writing Research Proposals
Appendix C: Guidelines for Writing Research Reports
Appendix E: Calculations for Selected Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
