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100 Questions (and Answers) About Action Research identifies and answers the essential questions on the process of systematically approaching your practice from an inquiry-oriented perspective, with a focus on improving that practice. This unique text offers progressive instructors an alternative to the research status quo and serves as a reference for readers to improve their practice as advocates for those they serve. The Question and Answer format makes this an ideal supplementary text for traditional research methods courses, and also a helpful guide for practitioners in education, social work, criminal justice, health, business, and other applied disciplines.
Do I Need to Know About Statistics for Action Research?
Do I Need to Know About Statistics for Action Research?
Because generalizability is not your priority, you will have little need for complicated statistics, although we present common statistical approaches in Part 8. Unlike traditional experimental research, with action research, you make change and observe the impact on your entire group of interest. You will not need to generalize from your sample to a broader population. Instead you generalize from your sample to a similar sample of people.
With action research, you are also interested in quickly making changes based on results. Traditional research might work in grand cycles of years where the investigator slowly and methodically examines an issue in depth. In contrast, action research is quick and dynamic. When a teacher tries a ...
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