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Students will learn to identify, evaluate, and practice good research in the fifth edition of Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology. This research methods text explains evaluation, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, and incorporates the viewpoints of various research paradigms into its descriptions of these methods. The work covers four major paradigms: post-positivist, constructivist, transformative, and pragmatic. Special emphasis on conducting research in culturally complex communities, based on the perspectives of feminists, ethnic/racial minorities, and people with disabilities is a hallmark of this text. In each chapter, Dr. Donna M. Mertens carefully explains a step of the research process, from the literature review to analysis and reporting. Additionally, she includes a sample study and abstract in each chapter to illustrate the concepts discussed in that section of the book. Now in its fifth edition, Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology is perfect as a core text for research methods courses in departments of education, psychology, and sociology, as well as social work and other human services disciplines. This text works well as a core text for either a consumer-focused graduate course or a doctoral-level research methods course. The new edition includes over 30 new research studies and examples throughout the text to showcase the latest research to demonstrate research methods. The chapter on literature reviews now includes more expanded and basic information on literature reviews so your students start their research journey on the right path. The text also offers additional coverage of research ethics, constructing surveys, sampling, big data, social network analysis, participatory action research, autoethnography, grounded theory, mixed methods, and technology in research.
