Conducting quantitative research in education

Authors

Saiyidi Mat Roni, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Margaret Kristin Merga, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Julia Elizabeth Morris, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book

Publisher

Springer

School

School of Business and Law / School of Education

RAS ID

29563

Comments

Mat Roni, S., Merga, M. K., & Morris, J. E. (2020). Conducting quantitative research in education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9132-3

Abstract

This book provides a clear and straightforward guide for all those seeking to conduct quantitative research in the field of education, using primary research data samples. While positioned as less powerful and somehow inferior, non-parametric tests can be very useful where the research can only be designed to accommodate data structure which is ordinal, or scale but violates a normality assumption, which is required for parametric tests. Non-parametric data are a staple of educational research, and as such, it is essential that educational researchers learn how to work with these data with confidence and rigour...

DOI

10.1007/978-981-13-9132-3

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