Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications

by Lorraine R. Gay, Peter W. Airasian, Geoffrey E. Mills

Noted for its accessible tone, clear and concise explanations, and humorous tone to demystify the oft-feared content of the research course, Gay’s text has long been noted as a classic in the field of Educational Research. A practical text focused on the skills needed by competent consumers and producers of educational research, the ninth edition encompasses a clear, down-to-earth approach and retains such mainstay features as research tasks throughout the text that guide students as they create their own research report, published research articles in every methods chapter and a welcomed humorous tone. The new edition builds on its excellence with broadened coverage of qualitative research, expanded coverage of technology throughout, and an exciting new integrated multimedia resource package.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Psychology, Research, Grad School, Textbooks, Reference

648 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Shana Elbrecht · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an amazingly helpful book as I wrote my literature review and crafted the frame for my thesis. It is so practical and organized, and I like how the mentor texts it presents are both strong and weak models. It is clear-cut and straightforward: everything I like in a nonfiction text.

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is another book I had for my educational research program during my MST program.

[Carly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm just glad it's over.

I'll never understand why I had to read a book about how to do educational research (ie, write a thesis)...when my program does not require that I do so.

Sigh. Only 5 more chapters, and I could count as fully read. Not worth it.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually enjoyed using this book to help me to complete my research project. I recommend this for someone who is completing research in education or other disciplines. The examples are very clear to understand and I appreciate the reference charts at the back of the book.

[Erin McDonnell-Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book for its topic. The book used examples to help explain different types of research.

[Patti Irwin · Rating 1 out of 5]

It may be due to my advancing age and I don’t absorb info as well as I used to but this was the hardest slog and most frustrating textbook I’ve ever had to deal with and that includes incredibly badly written and highly abstract literary theory. I usually quite line getting current on latest trends in research in education but this defeated me.

[Darca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely helpful as I created a reaearch project.

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Useful.

[Jessica]

If you're into educational research, this is the book for you.
If you're like me and it's required reading for class, I'm sorry! Good Luck!

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[Ronald J. Pauleus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting book on research. It went in depth and showed me how thoroughly research must be.

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The humor was oddly placed at times, but a great insight into educational research.

[David Guerra · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are doing any kind of Higher Ed Research, please start here.

[Meshari · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[McKenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think a lot of the low reviews of this textbook are more related to the dryness of its topic than to any flaws in the writing. Learning about quantiative and qualitative research is just frankly not that interesting, but I appreciated the authors' attempts to acknowledge that the subject matter can be boring, and the descriptions were usually clear and useful. I will probably refer back to this book while writing my thesis, so it has been helpful.

[Erica Marcus · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is mind-numblingly dull and I wish I didn't have to read it. However, if I had any interest in conducting my own experiments, this book seems to offer the background knowledge I need to get started.

[Tanesha]

Qualitative vs quantitative research. Samples, variables, coefficients, types of research, etc.

[Brooke · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book was ok, but I would not recommend it for people who have not taken Research Methods or stats at the college level before.

[Fahmibo · Rating 1 out of 5]

how to read this book? i cant understand how to read

[Iram]

it is really a good book.

[Lee Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yay.

[Tan Hokcuan]

I think this book really helpful for those as researcher.

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[ADNAN JAN · Rating 4 out of 5]

its too much easy and have good ideas about reserch

[Shawn Bird]

Whew! What a slog!

[M. Shipley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read most of it for my class. It is a really great source for anyone planning a dissertation or thesis. I plan to use it extensively when/if I get to may dissertation....

[Muhammad Ajmal · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is the very good book

[Rizza Mae · Rating 5 out of 5]

participatory study

[Kiran Fatima · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love it

[Wahyu Nugroho]

the correlational metthod