Educational Research: Fundamentals for the Consumer

by James H. McMillan

Surveys academic research, the process that creates it, and the procedures for locating and measuring it, for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with the goal of educating students to become intelligent consumers of educational research. Introduces basic principles of quantitative and qua

Genres: Education, Grad School, Nonfiction, Teaching, Research

415 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[k.wing · Rating 3 out of 5]

McMillan may be personally turned on by research. This is all conjecture, but I have a textbook worth of data to back up my claims. By synthesizing the quantitative and qualitative data, this confirms my hypothesis.

[Brandi Nicholauson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have the 6th edition. McMillan breaks down every facet of educational research. Particularly useful if you are going to conduct any research, or want to better understand how research is written. Not the most exciting read, but useful.

[Kitchengrrl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for learning research terms and process. It can't help that it's a painfully boring topic. :P

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the kind of thing you'd read for fun, obviously ;) but clear, specific, and detailed. One of few books I kept after grad school.

[Dallin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really dry subject, but the author does a good job of presenting useful information.

[Christa who loves the library · Rating 4 out of 5]

Text book used for -- TRDEV 586 -- Educational Research Designs -- Spring 2015