Practical Research: Design and Process, Global Edition

Jeanne Ellis Ormrod received her A.B. in psychology from Brown University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from The Pennsylvania State University. She was Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Northern Colorado for 22 years, where she taught courses in research methods and assessment as well as in her academic discipline; she is currently Professor Emerita of Psychological Sciences there. Subsequently, she has also taught research methods at the University of New Hampshire. She has published and presented extensively on cognition and memory, cognitive development, instruction, and related topics but is probably best known for this book and several others: How We Think and Learn, Human Learning, Child Development and Education (co-authored with Teresa McDevitt), Educational Psychology (9th and 10th editions co-authored with Eric Anderman and Lynley Anderman), and Essentials of Educational Psychology (5th and 6th editions co-authored with Brett Jones). She now lives in New Hampshire with her husband Richard, with one of her three children and her three grandchildren living nearby.

PART I: The Fundamentals

The Nature, Tools, and Ethics of Research

PART II: Focusing Your Research Efforts

The Problem: The Heart of the Research Process
Review of the Related Literature
Planning a Research Project
Writing a Research Proposal

PART III: Research Designs

Descriptive Research
Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Ex Post Facto Designs
Qualitative Research Methods
Mixed-Methods Designs
Action Research and Participatory Designs

PART IV: Data Analyses

Analyzing Quantitative Data
Analyzing Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Data

PART V: Research Reports

Planning and Preparing a Final Research Report

Appendices

Using a Spreadsheet: Microsoft Excel
Using SPSS
Two Examples of a Dissertation Outline