CONTENT

One Introduction and Overview                                                       1
Two Planning and Designing a Research Study                             26
Three General Approaches for Controlling Artifact and Bias           65
Four Data Collection, Assessment Methods, and
Measurement Strategies                                                                  95
Five General Types of Research Designs and Approaches           123
Six Validity 158
Seven Data Preparation, Analyses, and Interpretation                    198
Eight Ethical Considerations in Research                                         233
Nine Disseminating Research Results and Distilling Principles of
Research Design and Methodology                                                 261
References                                                                                      277
Index                                                                                                 283