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Focused on increasing the credibility of research and evaluation, the <b>Fourth Edition</b>of Donna M. Mertens’s comprehensive <b>Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity with Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods</b>incorporates the viewpoints of various research paradigms into its descriptions of these methods. Providing specific advice on conducting research in culturally complex communities, the new edition has been updated to align with the American Psychological Association and the National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education accreditation requirements. Approximately sixty percent of the content in the<b>Fourth Edition</b> is new, updated with numerous contemporary examples, making this book one of the most comprehensive, accessible, and practical methods books available.<p> </p> <p> </p><p style="background:white"> <b>Praise for the previous edition:</b> </p>“The organization of the text reflects the author’s intent, philosophy, and objectives . . . [Mertens] clearly presents approaches, descriptions, and many examples useful in conducting studies; she is to be commended for the thoroughness of her work.”<p> </p><p style="text-align:right"> <b>—Frank D. Adams</b>, <i>Wayne State College</i> </p> <p> </p>“Excellent descriptions, definitions, examples, and narrative about social science theory and the various paradigms. Mertens’ use [of] a wide variety of social identities to provide her examples makes the text inclusive of a variety of diverse identities. It is also useful to see the differences between [research and evaluation] and to select methods appropriate to the intention of the inquiry.”<p> </p><p style="text-align:right"> <b>—Katrina L. Rodriguez</b>, <i>University of Northern Colorado</i> </p>
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“The emphasis on minority populations has caught my attention and sustained my loyalty. Donna is so sensitive in exploring those issues, a first in a text for that class and a welcome addition.”<br />—Nick Eastmond, Utah State University<br /><br />Focused on discussing what is considered to be “good” research, this text explains quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods in detail, incorporating the viewpoints of various research paradigms into the descriptions of these methods. Approximately 60% of the content in this <b>Third Edition</b> is new, with lots of fresh examples. <br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Key Features</b><br /><br /><ul class="default_listitem" style="display: inline;"><li style="display:inline;">Postpositivist, constructivist, transformative, and pragmatic paradigms discussed </li><li style="display:inline;">Conducting research in culturally complex communities emphasized throughout </li><li style="display:inline;">A step-by-step overview of the entire research process provided</li></ul><br /><br /><b>New to this Edition </b><br /><br /><ul class="default_listitem" style="display: inline;"><li style="display:inline;">New coverage on how to write a literature review and plan a dissertation</li><li style="display:inline;">New pedagogy including “Extending Your Thinking” throughout </li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br />This is a core or supplemental text for research courses in departments of education, psychology, sociology, social work and other human-services disciplines.
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