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Chapter 1: Introduction - Robert J. CoePART I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES IN EDUCATIONChapter 2: The nature of educational research - Robert J. CoeChapter 3: Finding your theoretical position - Michael WaringPART II: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN CONDUCTING RESEARCHChapter 4: Design of empirical research - Larry V. HedgesChapter 5: Planning your research - Laura Day AshleyChapter 6: Inference and interpretation in research - Robert J. CoeChapter 7: Research ethics - Martyn HammersleyChapter 8: Disseminating your research - Mike McLindenPART III: RESEARCH DESIGNSChapter 9: Action research - Carol Munn-GiddingsChapter 10: Naturalistic research - Rob WalkerChapter 11: Ethnographic research - Ghazala BhattiChapter 12: Visual methodologies - Claudia MitchellChapter 13: Grounded theory - Michael WaringChapter 14: Case study research - Laura Day AshleyChapter 15: Secondary data - Emma SmithChapter 16: Longitudinal research - Anna VignolesChapter 17: Statistical and correlational techniques - Stephen GorardChapter 18: Impact evaluation - Steve HigginsChapter 19: Interventions: experiments - Peter TymmsChapter 20: Mixing methods in education research - Gert BiestaChapter 21: Systematic reviews - Carole Torgerson, Jill Hall, Kate Lewis-LightChapter 22: Data science and computational research methods - Christian BokhovePART IV: DATA COLLECTION TOOLSChapter 23: Observational methods - Drew H. GitomerChapter 24: In-depth interviews - Carolyn L. MearsChapter 25: Focus groups and group interviews - Anita GibbsChapter 26: Internet-based methods - Rhona Sharpe and Greg BenfieldChapter 27: Doing social media research - Eve StirlingChapter 28: Documentary methods - Gary McCullochChapter 29: Questionnaires - Peter TymmsPART V: ANALYSIS METHODSChapter 30: Using software in qualitative data analysis - Graham R. GibbsChapter 31: Statistical analysis tools - Paul ConnollyChapter 32: Discourse analysis - Elaine VaughanChapter 33: Media analysis - Michael AtkinsonChapter 34: Biographical research - Michael TedderChapter 35: Statistical hypothesis tests - Michael BorensteinChapter 36: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) - Wendy ChanChapter 37: Multiple linear regression - Stephen GorardChapter 38: Multilevel analysis - Michael Seltzer and Jordan RicklesChapter 39: Effect sizes - Robert J. CoeChapter 40: Meta-analysis - Larry V. Hedges