WE ARE INDEBTED TO ROUTLEDGE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE AN EIGHTH EDITION OF OUR BOOK RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATION. THE BOOK CONTINUES TO BE RECEIVED VERY FAVOURABLY WORLDWIDE; IT IS THE STANDARD TEXT FOR MANY COURSES IN RESEARCH METHODS AND HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO SEVERAL LANGUAGES.
THE EIGHTH EDITION CONTAINS MUCH NEW MATERIAL, INCLUDING ENTIRELY NEW CHAPTERS ON: PARADIGMS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, MIXED METHODS RESEARCH, THE ROLE OF THEORY IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, ETHICS IN INTERNET RESEARCH, RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES, HISTORICAL AND DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH, INTERNET SURVEYS, META-ANALYSIS, RESEARCH SYNTHESES AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, VIRTUAL WORLDS, SOCIAL NETWORK SOFTWARE AND NETOGRAPHY IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, USING SECONDARY DATA IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE, EFFECT SIZE AND STATISTICAL POWER, BEYOND MIXED METHODS (USING QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TO INTEGRATE CROSS-CASE AND WITHIN-CASE ANALYSES).