Rolles Meity

1 Introduction to quantitative research 1 What is quantitative research? 1 Foundations of quantitative research methods 3 When do we use quantitative methods? 7 Summary 11 Exercises 11 Further reading 12 2 Experimental and quasi-experimental research 13 Types of quantitative research 13 How to design an experimental study 15 Advantages and disadvantages of experimental research in education 22 Quasi-experimental designs 26 Summary 32 Exercises 33 Further reading 33 3 Designing non-experimental studies 34 Survey research 34 Observational research 51 Analysing existing datasets 57 Summary 60 Exercises 61 Appendix 3.1 Example of a descriptive form 62 Appendix 3.2 Rating the quality of interactions between teachers and pupils 63 4 Validity, reliability and generalisability 64 Validity 65 Reliability 71 Generalisability 75 Summary 82 Exercises 83 Further reading 83 5 Introduction to SPSS and the dataset 85 Introduction to SPSS 85 Summary 90 Exercises